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The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Phantom of the Castle by Bayliss (1804)

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 ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' is the name of an immensely popular and influential Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe (Ann Ward, 1764-1823)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe] which soon became the source of a large number of plays.
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 ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' was Radcliffe's fourth and most successful novel and is often cited as the archetypal Gothic novel. It tells of the suffering of Emily St. Aubert, whose misadventures include the death of her mother and father, a terrifying stay in a haunted castle, and the evil deeds of an Italian brigand.

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−	''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' is the name of an immensely popular and influential Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe (Ann Ward, 1764-1823)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe] ~~and~~ the source of a large number of plays.	+	''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' is the name of an immensely popular and influential Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe (Ann Ward, 1764-1823)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe] which soon became the source of a large number of plays.

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 : Repeated in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Testament, of De Geheimen van Udolpho]]'' by [[Kunst en Vlyt]] in the [[Loyal St George Lodge Hall]], Cape Town  on 11 June, with ''[[Vier Schildwachten op eenen Post]]''
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 This second, and slightly different, [[Dutch]] stage version of the novel, is by an unknown author (though the source seems to suggest it may also have been Bruggemans), and was also published in Amsterdam by J.W. Smit, this one in 1801.
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 : First performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Montoni, of Het Kasteel van Udolpho]]'' by [[Het Hollandsch Toneellievend Gezelschap]] ([[Men Doet Wat Men Kan]]) in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 July 1819, with ''[[De Dochter van Pharao]]'' (Von Kotzebue).

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 ===''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Phantom of the Castle]]'' by Bayliss (1804)===
 This drama in five acts by John Baylis (fl 1800), is a translation of ''[[Le Chateau des Appenins, ou Le Fantôme Vivant]]'' by Pixerecourt (1799). Never performed in its time, it was published in 1804.
 ===''[[The Castle of Udolpho]]'' by an unknown author (1808)===

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	This second, and slightly different, [[Dutch]] stage version of the novel, is by an unknown author (though the source seems to suggest it may also have been Bruggemans), and was also published in Amsterdam by J.W. Smit, this one in 1801.		This second, and slightly different, [[Dutch]] stage version of the novel, is by an unknown author (though the source seems to suggest it may also have been Bruggemans), and was also published in Amsterdam by J.W. Smit, this one in 1801.
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−	The Duval version was translated into [[Dutch]] as '''''[[Montoni, of Het Kasteel van Udolpho]]''''' by A. Bruggemans (1763-1841)[http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=brug020] and published in Amsterdam by J.W. Smit, in 1800.
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−	A second, and slightly different, [[Dutch]] stage version of the novel, by an unknown author (though the source seems to suggest it may also have been Bruggemans), is called '''''[[Het Testament, of De Geheimen van Udolpho]]''''', and was also published in Amsterdam by J.W. Smit, this one in 1801.
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−	The best known English stage version is '''''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Phantom of the Castle]]''''', a drama in five acts by John Baylis, apparently based on a French version, most probably also Duval's. This was never performed in its time, but published in 1804. The text was later performed however, e.g. at the Stalybridge Grand, July 20, 1901 and in West London, September, 1904.

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 ===''[[Léon, ou Le Chateau de Montenero]]'' by Hoffman and Dalayrac (1799)===
-An [[opera comique]] melodrama in three acts by François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Beno%C3%AEt_Hoffman]  and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Dalayrac], it was first performed at the Theatre de la Rue Favant, Paris, in 1799. (Also known simply as ''[[Léon]]''.)
+An opera comique[] in three acts by François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Beno%C3%AEt_Hoffman]  and Nicolas Dalayrac (1753-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Dalayrac], it was first performed at the Theatre de la Rue Favant, Paris, in 1799. (Also known simply as ''[[Léon]]''.)
 ==[[Dutch]] versions==