Coelina, ou l’enfant du mystére

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Coelina, ou l’enfant du mystére

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melodrama
His Coelina, ou l’enfant de mystère (1800) was translated as A Tale of Mystery (1802) by Thomas Holcroft and established the new genre in England. It was not utterly new to England, however; the restrictions of the Licensing Act of 1737 had been habitually evaded by…
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His Coelina, ou l’enfant de mystère (1800) was translated as A Tale of Mystery (1802) by Thomas Holcroft and established the new genre in England. It was not utterly new to England, however; the restrictions of the Licensing Act of 1737 had been habitually evaded by…
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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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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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