Montoni, of het Kasteel van Udolpho

The Dutch title for the French play Montoni; ou, Le chateau d'Udolphe a melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval, based on Mrs Ann Radcliffe's popular 18th century gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794). First performed at the Théatre de S.M. l'Impératrice, on 29 July 1813.

Performance history in South Africa
First performed in a Dutch translation by A. Bruggemans (published 1800) by Het Hollandsch Toneellievend Gezelschap (Men doet wat men kan) in the African Theatre, Cape Town, on 10 July 1819. Repeated on 25 September 1819

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