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 %
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
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