The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714)

Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£27,402 3s £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
1732 - 1809
£27,402 3s - (100%) £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
207 60 147
1732 - 1809
207 60 147
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Deuce Is in Him No Yes No £266 11s N/A N/A
25 May 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Rival Candidates No No Yes £309 10s 6d N/A N/A
20 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Wonder, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1775 Covent Garden The Wonder, Prometheus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1776 Covent Garden The Wonder, St Patrick's Day, The Humours of the Newmarket Races, The Merry Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1776 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Waterman No No No £260 7s N/A N/A
10 Jun 1776 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Waterman, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £311 12s 6d N/A N/A
18 Dec 1776 Drury Lane The Wonder, Selima and Azor, The Double Festival No Yes No £249 12s 6d 70% N/A
11 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Wonder, A Christmas Tale No No No £96 2s 6d 34% N/A
25 Apr 1778 Covent Garden The Wonder, Poor Vulcan, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £150 18s 6d 50% N/A
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