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 %
10 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Shipwreck No No No £186 8s 44% N/A
30 Mar 1797 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Humourist, The Scotch Ghost No No No £251 16s 6d 47% N/A
02 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Shipwreck No No No £159 15s 45% N/A
05 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Wonder, No Song No Supper No No No £88 14s 31% N/A
02 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Prize No No Yes £57 16s 6d N/A N/A
20 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Liar No No No £270 5s 100% N/A
25 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Wonder, Feudal Times No No No £366 6s 63% N/A
17 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Wonder, Blue Beard No No No £219 19s 6d 65% N/A
28 May 1802 Drury Lane Wonder, Deserter No No Yes £347 15s 43% N/A
24 Nov 1802 Drury Lane The Wonder, A House to be Sold No No No £268 17s 6d 46% N/A
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