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''[[Montoni, ou Le Chateau d'Udolphe]]'' is a French melodrama in 5 acts by Alexandre Duval (1767-1842)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre-Vincent_Pineux_Duval].
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
It is one of a number of French plays based on Mrs Ann Radcliffe's immensely popular 18th century gothic novel ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' (1794)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysteries_of_Udolpho]. '''(See ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'')'''
 
 
 
Duval's version was first performed at the Théatre de S.M. l'Impératrice, on 29 July 1813 and published in Paris by Fages in the same year.
 
 
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
 
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Montoni, of Het Kasteel van Udolpho]]'' by  A Bruggemans and published in 1800.
 
 
 
The best known English stage version is ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Phantom of the Castle]]'', a drama in five acts by John Baylis, apparently based on a French version, most probably also Duval's. This was never performed in its time, but published in 1804. The text was later performed , e.g. at the Stalybridge Grand, July 20, 1901 and in West London, September, 1904.
 
 
 
== 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 ==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre-Vincent_Pineux_Duval
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.  134-5
 
 
 
http://archive.org/details/montonioulechate00duvauoft
 
 
 
http://www.worldcat.org/title/montoni-of-het-kasteel-van-udolpho-tooneelspel/oclc/49430116
 
 
 
''The Stage Encyclopaedia: A Bibliography of Plays'': pp. 310-11[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Stage_Cyclopaedia_A_Bibliography_of_Plays_1400033267/315]
 
 
 
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