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 %
21 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Love a la Mode, Les Charboniers No No No £166 17s 6d N/A N/A
24 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Thomas and Sally No No No £109 16s N/A N/A
02 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £156 6d N/A N/A
10 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £116 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Polly Honeycombe, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Les Charboniers No No Yes £217 8s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder, Love a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Chaplet, New Dutch Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £69 17s 6d N/A N/A
15 Oct 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Ranger No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Fair No No No £99 16s 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, Edgar and Emmeline, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1762 Covent Garden The Wonder, Florizel and Perdita, The Taylors, A Dish of All Sorts No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked, The Cow Keepers, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Thomas and Sally No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Fortunatus, The Bavarian Shoemakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Witches Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Englishman in Paris, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, Fortunatus, Tambourine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Wonder Or Woman Keeps A Secret, Harlequin Sorcerer with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Witches No No No £63 5s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mayor of Garratt, The Italian Gardiners No No No £123 12s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Genii, New Scaramouch, Comic Dance, Garland Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1765 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Country Wife, The Irish Lilt, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Love Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Citizen, Minuet, The Village Romp No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Queen Mab, The Vintage No No No £103 9s 41% N/A
12 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Deuce Is in Him, The Vintage, Comic Dance, The Jealous Peasant No No No £97 1s 33% N/A
16 Dec 1766 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Citizen, The Village Romps, Rural Love No No Yes £199 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas, The Female Archer, The Merry Sailors No No No £163 4s N/A N/A
03 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Dragon of Wantly, New Comic Dance, The Irish Lilt No No No £158 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Citizen, New Tamborine Dance Yes No Yes £234 11s N/A N/A
14 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, Orpheus and Eurydice No Yes No £228 10s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas, New Comic Dance Yes No No £168 7s N/A N/A
06 May 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Musical Lady, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £153 7s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jun 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Royal Chace, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £203 3s 6d 100% N/A
15 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Midas No No No £124 11s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The King and Miller of Mansfield, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery, Tyrolese Amusements No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, Apollo and Daphne No No No £200 13s N/A N/A
06 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1769 Covent Garden The Wonder, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No £188 6s 6d N/A N/A
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