Montoni; ou, Le chateau d'Udolphe
A French melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval.
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Original Text
Based on Mrs Ann Radcliffe's popular 18th century gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794). 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 (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).
1819: Repeated in the Dutch translation by Het Hollandsch Toneellievend Gezelschap (Men Doet Wat Men Kan) in the African Theatre, on 25 September 1819.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: pp 134-5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysteries_of_Udolpho
http://archive.org/details/montonioulechate00duvauoft
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