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
£30,861 9s £5,910 10s (19.2%) £24,950 19s (80.8%)
1732 - 1809
£30,861 9s - (100%) £5,910 10s (19.2%) £24,950 19s (80.8%)
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 %
31 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Critic No No No £120 13s 6d 35% N/A
06 Jun 1786 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Humourist, Hornpipe, Minuet, Quadrille No No Yes £209 15s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £193 11s 55% N/A
04 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £180 17s 49% N/A
30 Dec 1786 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Enchanted Castle No No No £233 10s 59% N/A
03 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £186 18s 42% N/A
16 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The Wonder, The First Floor No No No £113 16s 6d 32% N/A
24 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Wonder, Comus No No No £99 12s 25% N/A
07 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Junior No No No £140 17s 48% N/A
25 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Junior No No No £130 17s 37% N/A
09 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £153 17s 55% N/A
31 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Wonder, Aladin No No No £157 14s 51% N/A
01 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Wonder, Robinson Crusoe No No No £92 19s 31% N/A
02 Feb 1789 Drury Lane The Wonder, Robinson Crusoe No No No £139 3s 6d 35% N/A
29 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Poor Old Drury, The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £275 15s 6d 56% N/A
31 Oct 1792 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Prisoner No No No £162 1s 42% N/A
08 May 1793 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Relief of Williamstadt, The Farmer No No Yes £391 10s 6d 24% N/A
17 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Wonder, Lodoiska No No No £222 12s 83% N/A
18 Sep 1794 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Prize No No No £289 16s 100% N/A
24 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Wonder, Lodoiska No No No £153 11s 55% N/A
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
26 Nov 1802 Drury Lane Wonder, Midas No No No £194 6d 47% N/A
22 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Wonder, Midas No No No £175 9s 6d 41% N/A
30 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Wonder, Love and Magic; or, Harlequin's Holiday No No No £338 8s 6d 51% N/A
23 Jun 1804 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Farmer No No Yes £426 14s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1804 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £357 8s 100% N/A
16 Oct 1804 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £300 2s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1804 Drury Lane The Wonder, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £143 2s 6d 35% N/A
02 Jan 1805 Drury Lane Wonder, Old Harlequin's Fire-Side, The Doctor and the Apothecary No Yes No £611 2s 6d 68% N/A
01 May 1805 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Soldier's Return No No No £219 14s 56% N/A
23 May 1805 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Soldier's Return No No No £164 1s 6d 34% N/A
17 Jun 1805 Covent Garden The Wonder, Love-a-la-Mode, O Thou That Leav'st Me Half a Heart, The Storm No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1805 Drury Lane The Wonder, No Song No Supper No No No £300 9s 100% N/A
25 Nov 1805 Drury Lane The Wonder, Terpsichore's Return, The Weathercock No No No £236 19s 6d 51% N/A
18 Feb 1806 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Sleeping Beauty No No No £250 13s 6d 42% N/A
12 Apr 1806 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Forty Thieves No No No £469 10s 6d 72% N/A
20 May 1806 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Forty Thieves No No No £296 8s 66% N/A
11 Oct 1806 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Forty Thieves No No No £327 1s 100% N/A
28 Nov 1806 Drury Lane The Wonder, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz No No No £177 14s 6d 44% N/A
08 Apr 1807 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Wood Daemon; or, "The Clock has Struck!" No No No £293 4s 57% N/A
22 Sep 1807 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Poor Soldier No No No £344 14s 100% N/A
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