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''[[Montoni, ou Le Chateau d'Udolphe]]'' is a French melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval, based on Mrs Ann Radcliffe's popular 18th century gothic novel ''The Mysteries of Udolpho'' (1794). | ''[[Montoni, ou Le Chateau d'Udolphe]]'' is a French melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval, based on Mrs Ann Radcliffe's popular 18th century gothic novel ''The Mysteries of Udolpho'' (1794). | ||
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Montoni, ou Le Chateau d'Udolphe is a French melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval, based on Mrs Ann Radcliffe's popular 18th century gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794).
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The original text
First performed at the Théatre de S.M. l'Impératrice, on 29 July 1813.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Montoni, of Het Kasteel van Udolpho by A Bruggemans and published in 1800.
Performance history in South Africa
1819: First performed in Dutch 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
1836 Performed in Dutch by Vlyt en Kunst in the African Theatre on 10 September 1836, alongside the afterpiece Nognetzoo (Boniface), a one-act comedy called Het Fancy Bal!!!, and, as an interlude, a "zeer prachtig Transparant" ("a very beautiful transparency" (as cited by Bosman) by Den Heer Poortemans. Music provided by the musical group De Vriendschap
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 134-5
http://archive.org/details/montonioulechate00duvauoft
http://www.worldcat.org/title/montoni-of-het-kasteel-van-udolpho-tooneelspel/oclc/49430116
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