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''[[The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret]]'' is a comedy by Susanna Centlivre (c.1667 to 1670 – 1723)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Centlivre].
 
''[[The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret]]'' is a comedy by Susanna Centlivre (c.1667 to 1670 – 1723)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Centlivre].
  
The dedication signed: "Susanna Cent Livre".
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== The original text ==
  
First acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by Her Majesty's servants, 1714. Published in London, printed for E. Curll, and A. Bettesworth, 1714.
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First acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by Her Majesty's servants, 1714. Published in London, printed for E. Curll, and A. Bettesworth, 1714. The dedication signed: "Susanna Cent Livre".
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1824:  Repeated on 26 January  by the [[English Theatricals]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town again with ''[[Three Weeks after Marriage]]'' (Murphy) as afterpiece.
 
1824:  Repeated on 26 January  by the [[English Theatricals]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town again with ''[[Three Weeks after Marriage]]'' (Murphy) as afterpiece.
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
  
  
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Great Writers Inspire website (University of Oxford)[http://writersinspire.org/content/wonder-woman-keeps-secret-comedy-it-acted-theatre-royal-drury-lane-her-majestys-servants]
 
Great Writers Inspire website (University of Oxford)[http://writersinspire.org/content/wonder-woman-keeps-secret-comedy-it-acted-theatre-royal-drury-lane-her-majestys-servants]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.197
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.197-8,
  
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Latest revision as of 10:05, 27 June 2016

The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret is a comedy by Susanna Centlivre (c.1667 to 1670 – 1723)[1].

The original text

First acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by Her Majesty's servants, 1714. Published in London, printed for E. Curll, and A. Bettesworth, 1714. The dedication signed: "Susanna Cent Livre".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Performed on 6 December by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre, Cape Town with Three Weeks after Marriage (Murphy) as afterpiece.

1824: Repeated on 26 January by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre, Cape Town again with Three Weeks after Marriage (Murphy) as afterpiece.


Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Centlivre

Great Writers Inspire website (University of Oxford)[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.197-8,

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