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
28 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Author, Ellen A Roon Yes No Yes £260 N/A N/A
15 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
13 May 1757 Covent Garden The Wonder, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Lass, Honour and Arms, Drunken Peasant, Lamplighters, Roast Beef of Old England Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, Mercury Harlequin, Comic Dance No No No £140 100% N/A
13 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £140 77% N/A
18 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet No No No £200 73% N/A
13 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet Yes No No £180 75% N/A
25 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Chaplet, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £130 60% N/A
18 Mar 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Englishman in Paris, The Fair Monitor, Minuet Yes No Yes £250 N/A N/A
20 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
26 May 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Ranger, The Prussian Camp No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
07 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Chaplet Yes No No £182 9s 6d 100% N/A
10 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No £153 9s 79% N/A
16 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £178 14s 69% N/A
20 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £183 12s 63% N/A
26 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Upholsterer No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
04 Jun 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, Queen Mab No No No £180 100% N/A
22 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Chaplet No No No £130 51% N/A
17 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, Queen Mab No No No £160 58% N/A
16 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mock Doctor No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
25 Mar 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, Love a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Guardian No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Thomas and Sally No No No £125 10s 6d N/A N/A
19 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Love a la Mode, Les Charboniers No No No £190 18s N/A N/A
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