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 %
26 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Commissary, The Dockyard No No No £64 1s 6d 25% N/A
10 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Padlock No No No £131 11s 6d 47% N/A
25 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Wonder, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £204 18s 69% N/A
10 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The Wonder, Robinson Crusoe No No No £187 16s 54% N/A
09 May 1781 Drury Lane The Wonder, Comus, The Irish Fair, Kate of Aberdeen, Bessy Bell Mary Gray No No Yes £170 17s 6d 43% N/A
07 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £158 5s 62% N/A
17 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Divorce, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £125 4s 6d 43% N/A
11 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £224 6s 59% N/A
29 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Maid of the Oaks, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £283 4s 23% N/A
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