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 %
20 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £183 12s 63% N/A
26 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Upholsterer No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
04 Jun 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, Queen Mab No No No £180 100% N/A
22 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Chaplet No No No £130 51% N/A
17 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, Queen Mab No No No £160 58% N/A
16 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mock Doctor No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
25 Mar 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, Love a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Guardian No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Thomas and Sally No No No £125 10s 6d N/A N/A
19 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Love a la Mode, Les Charboniers No No No £190 18s N/A N/A
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