A Tale of Mystery, a Melo-Drame: As Performed at the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden

by Thomas Holcroft

Unravel a web of love, deceit, and danger in a dramatic mystery set in a bustling Italian village and a storm-lashed mountainside.

A tale of mystery blends romance with suspense as lovers face threats, betrayals, and a shockingly sharp turn of fate. From festive grounds and family feuds to a perilous search for truth, the drama moves from bright hopes to stark consequences, all on a stage that mirrors a village’s secrets.

Witness a wedding celebration that turns tense as hidden pasts and dangerous men emergeFollow a baptism certificate that uncovers a shocking truth about Selina’s lineageExperience a stormy pursuit through scenic landscapes and a peasant world with sudden dangerFeel how loyalty, guilt, and love collide as characters confront a high-stakes moral test Ideal for readers who enjoy classic melodrama, suspense, and heartfelt romance woven through intricate intrigue.

Genres: Plays, Mystery

64 pages, Hardcover

Published August 24, 2018

About the author

1745-1809

Reviews

[laura nicholson · Rating 3 out of 5]

‘the music expresses confusion and pain of thought’ hahahahaha

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting to read a play from the first years of the 19th C. (1802, specifically) -- the style, use of music and dance, etc. Nice little melodrama for the lover of history or student of theatre.

[David Dutkiewicz, III · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not sure how good this play would be if I were not reading for a class in which it is contextualized, but I found it to be great fun and definitely worthy of genre study.

[mattie · Rating 3 out of 5]

melodramas are soooooo silly literally had me giggling out loud