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 %
13 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £140 77% N/A
18 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet No No No £200 73% N/A
13 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet Yes No No £180 75% N/A
25 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £130 60% N/A
18 Mar 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Englishman in Paris, The Fair Monitor, Minuet Yes No Yes £250 N/A N/A
20 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
26 May 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Ranger, The Prussian Camp No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
07 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Chaplet Yes No No £182 9s 6d 100% N/A
10 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No £153 9s 79% N/A
16 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £178 14s 69% N/A
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