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).

Original Text

First performed at the Théatre de S.M. l'Impératrice, on 29 July 1813.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as * by A. Bruggemans (published 1800)

Performance history in South Africa

1819: First performed in the Dutch translation 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). Repeated on 25 September 1819

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp 134-5

http://archive.org/details/montonioulechate00duvauoft

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