A Tale of Mystery
An (unacknowledged) English translation by Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) of Coelina, ou l'Enfant du Mystère by René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (1773-1844)
Translated into English (without acknowledgement) by Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) as A Tale of Mystery (or originally:and was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 13 November 1802, published the same year in London by R. Phillips. It was first play to bill itself as a Melodrama on the English stage ("A Tale of Mystery, a melo-drame")
For South African performances, see Coelina, ou l'Enfant du Mystère
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