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Coelina, ou l’enfant du mystére
play by Pixérécourt
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melodrama
translation by Holcroft
- In Western theatre: Melodrama
His play Coelina; ou, l’enfant du mystère (1800) was translated into English (without acknowledgement) by Thomas Holcroft as A Tale of Mystery and in 1802 became the very first melodrama to be seen in England.
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