The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714)

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 %
05 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Citizen, Minuet, The Village Romp No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Queen Mab, The Vintage No No No £103 9s 41% N/A
12 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Deuce Is in Him, The Vintage, Comic Dance, The Jealous Peasant No No No £97 1s 33% N/A
16 Dec 1766 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Citizen, The Village Romps, Rural Love No No Yes £199 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas, The Female Archer, The Merry Sailors No No No £163 4s N/A N/A
03 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Dragon of Wantly, New Comic Dance, The Irish Lilt No No No £158 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Citizen, New Tamborine Dance Yes No Yes £234 11s N/A N/A
14 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, Orpheus and Eurydice No Yes No £228 10s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas, New Comic Dance Yes No No £168 7s N/A N/A
06 May 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Musical Lady, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £153 7s 6d N/A N/A