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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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#REDIRECT [[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]
 
 
 
 
== 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 ''[[Nog Net Zoo|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|Bosman]], 1928: pp 134-5
 
 
 
http://archive.org/details/montonioulechate00duvauoft
 
 
 
http://www.worldcat.org/title/montoni-of-het-kasteel-van-udolpho-tooneelspel/oclc/49430116
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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