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 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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