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 %
08 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
14 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
19 Jan 1757 Covent Garden Wonder, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Anatomist Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
18 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
28 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Author, Ellen A Roon Yes No Yes £260 N/A N/A
15 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
13 May 1757 Covent Garden The Wonder, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Lass, Honour and Arms, Drunken Peasant, Lamplighters, Roast Beef of Old England Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin, Comic Dance No No No £140 100% N/A
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