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 %
01 Nov 1734 Covent Garden The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Mock Doctor, Tambourine, Richmond Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Venus and Adonis, The Smiling Hour, From Rosie Bowers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Knights, Fingalian Dance, The Cries of London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Jealous Farmer or Harlequin Statue, Pastoral Dance, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Devil to Pay, The Press Gang No No No £160 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, Masquerade Dance, Minuet No Yes No £210 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery No No No £210 N/A N/A
15 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, Fortunatus No No No £200 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mock Doctor No No No £180 N/A N/A
25 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, Fortunatus No No No £180 N/A N/A
27 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mock Doctor No No No £180 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No £180 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet No No No £180 N/A N/A
06 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin No No No £190 N/A N/A
08 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
14 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
19 Jan 1757 Covent Garden Wonder, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Anatomist Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
18 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
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