The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho)[1] is an immensely popular and influential Gothic novel by Ann Ward Radcliffe (1764–1823), first published in four volumes on 8 May 1794 by G. G. and J. Robinson of London.

Dramatised versions

The novel has been dramatized a number of times, for example:

Le Testament, ou Les Mystères d'Udolphe, a French prose drama in five acts by Jean Henri Ferdinand la Martelière (1761-1830). First performed in Paris, at the Théatre Louvois, on le 22 Messidor an 6, and published 1797 by Fages.

Montoni, ou Le Chateau d'Udolphe, a French melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval (1767-1842)[2]. First performed at the Théatre de S.M. l'Impératrice, on 29 July 1813, published in Paris in the same year by Fages.

Duval's version was in turn translated into Dutch as Montoni, of Het Kasteel van Udolpho by A. Bruggemans and published in 1800.

The best known English version is The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Phantom of the Castle, a drama in five acts by John Baylis. This was never performed but published in 1804.

The Mysteries of the Castle an operatic version by Miles Peter Andrews (1795), Anonymous “dramtic opera” called The Castle of Udolpho (1808)

For more information on South African productions, see Montoni, ou Le Chateau d'Udolphe