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 %
02 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Witches No No No £63 5s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mayor of Garratt, The Italian Gardiners No No No £123 12s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Genii, New Scaramouch, Comic Dance, Garland Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1765 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Country Wife, The Irish Lilt, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Love Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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