The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret

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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.197-99, 230

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