Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. M'Closky. George. One hundred and forty-nine bales. O! And all for the sake of that old woman and that young puppy---eh? O, my husband! Would you now? Ratts. Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. The world, Zoe, the free struggle of minds and hands, if before me; the education bestowed on me by my dear uncle is a noble heritage which no sheriff can seize; with that I can build up a fortune, spread a roof over the heads I love, and place before them the food I have earned; I will work---. Fire!---one, two, three. Now, take care what you do. Pete. M'Closky. here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! | Privacy Policy Dora. Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. Hillo! Take your hand down---take it down. George goes to Dora and begins to propose to her; while he is doing so, however, he has a change of heart and decides not to lie to her. Paul. I've got hold of the tail of a rat---come out. Hi! Says he'll go if I'll go with him. How are we sure the boy is dead at all? M'Closky. Paul. Thib. Mrs. P.I expect an important letter from Liverpool; away with you, Paul; bring the mail-bags here. Born here! look at these fingers; do you see the nails are of a bluish tinge? A large table is in theC.,at back. Wahnotee. But what do we pay for that possession? Buy me, Mas'r Ratts, do buy me, sar? what, dem?---get away! [L.] Let the old darkey alone---eight hundred for that boy. Hey! It concerns the residents of a Louisiana plantation called Terrebonne, and sparked debates about the abolition of slavery and the role of theatre in politics. What! Hold on, Jacob, I'm coming to that---I tell ye, I'm such a fool---I can't bear the feeling, it keeps at me like a skin complaint, and if this family is sold up---. 'An Octoroon' was written over about three years but premiered in 2014. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! I've got engaged eight hundred bales at the next landing, and one hundred hogsheads of sugar at Patten's Slide---that'll take my guards under---hurry up thar. And twenty thousand bid. Here's the Picayune [producing paper] with the advertisement. Scud. Hold quiet, you trash o' niggers! Don't do nuffin. George. Nothing; but you must learn what I thought you already knew. must I learn from these poor wretches how much I owed, how I ought to pay the debt? Scud. Poor little Paul! How came they in your possession? Hooraw! "No, ma'am, the truth seldom is.". [Dies.---George*lowers her head gently.---Kneels.---Others form picture. George, you cannot marry me; the laws forbid it! Zoe, what have I said to wound you? hark! Zoe is your child by a quadroon slave, and you didn't free her; blood! He can fight though he's a painter; claws all over. That's his programme---here's a pocket-book. George. M'Closky. Ratts. George. [Calling at door.] Zoe. With Dora's wealth, he explains, Terrebonne will not be sold and the slaves will not have to be separated. [GoesR.,*and looks atWahnotee,L.,through the camera;Wahnoteesprings back with an expression of alarm.*]. Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. George. If she could not accept me, who could? See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Getting Started | Contributor Zone Scud. Scud. Go it, if you're a mind to. Look dar! Dora. We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. [Aside to Sunnyside.] Zoe, will you remain here? It's a shame to allow that young cub to run over the Swamps and woods, hunting and fishing his life away instead of hoeing cane. No, it ain't; because, just then, what does the judge do, but hire another overseer---a Yankee---a Yankee named Salem Scudder. Pete. Is de folks head bad? I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Zoe!---she faints! [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. Yonder is the boy---now is my time! Where is he? You are right, sir; though I shrank from expressing that opinion in her presence, so bluntly. When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. Look here; I can't stand that gal! there's that noise again! He is sitting on on my prize! Try him, then---try him on the spot of his crime. I have remarked that she is treated by the neighbors with a kind of familiar condescension that annoyed me. Dora. Point. We tought dat de niggers would belong to de ole missus, and if she lost Terrebonne, we must live dere allers, and we would hire out, and bring our wages to ole Missus Peyton. stan' round thar! Point. Jackson. [Cry of "fire" heard---Engine bells heard---steam whistle noise.]. Do not weep, George. Be calm---darn the things; the proceeds of this sale won't cover the debts of the estate. Dora. *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. Scud. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. The term sensation drama caught on when Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn, adapted from Gerald Grifn's novel The Collegians, became a hit in 1860. D'ye hear it---nearer---nearer---ah! [*ExitM'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R.U.E. Scud. Scud. Now, I feel bad about my share in the business. Make bacon of me, you young whelp. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! Pete. [*ExitScudderand*Mrs. Peyton,R.U.E. George. George. No, dear. You can bet I'm going to make this . M'Closky. [They get on table.]. The apparatus can't mistake. Dora. Whar's de coffee? We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. Aunty, there is sickness up at the house; I have been up all night beside one who suffers, and I remembered that when I had the fever you gave me a drink, a bitter drink, that made me sleep---do you remember it? I'd give half the balance of my life to wipe out my part of the work. I hope it will turn out better than most of my notions. Hello! The proof is here, in my heart. Glendon Swarthout, Never believe in any faith younger than you are." Scud. 49, Paul, a quadroon boy, aged thirteen. I say, then, air you honest men? Whar's breakfass? look here, these Peytons are bust; cut 'em; I am rich, jine me; I'll set you up grand, and we'll give these first families here our dust, until you'll see their white skins shrivel up with hate and rage; what d'ye say? Take that, and defend yourself. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. But dis ain't all. Just as McClosky points out the blood on Wahnotee's tomahawk, the oldest slave, Pete, comes to give them the photographic plate which has captured McClosky's deed. An extremely beautiful young slave girl, who is treated like a member of the family, Zoe is kind, generous, and adored by every man who lays eyes on her. I shall do so if you weep. Ratts. M'Closky. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. I will dine on oysters and palomitas and wash them down with white wine. If it don't stain de cup, your wicked ole life's in danger, sure! Den say de missus, "'Tain't for de land I keer, but for dem poor niggars---dey'll be sold---dat wot stagger me." Zoe. You slew him with that tomahawk; and as you stood over his body with the letter in your hand, you thought that no witness saw the deed, that no eye was on you---but there was, Jacob M'Closky, there was. I feel so big with joy, creation ain't wide enough to hold me. And what shall I say? Why you speak so wild? Guess that you didn't leave anything female in Europe that can lift an eyelash beside that gal. Hillo! Fair or foul, I'll have her---take that home with you! [*Throws bowie-knife to*M'Closky.] Paul has promised me a bear and a deer or two. When Dion Boucicault's tragedy The Octoroon (set on a southern plantation) opened in December of 1859, many viewed the play as sectional propaganda; there was widespread disagreement, however, concerning the side for which the play argued. Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. *EnterMrs. PeytonandScudder, M'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R. M'Closky. Mrs. P.[L. C.] My nephew is not acquainted with our customs in Louisiana, but he will soon understand. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Seize him, then! Zoe, tell Pete to give my mare a feed, will ye? Dora, oblivious to George's lack of affection for her, enlists Zoe's help to win him over. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? If you haven't spoiled her, I fear I have. [Zoe*helps her. Mrs. P.I fear that the property is so involved that the strictest economy will scarcely recover it. Jackson. Come here quite; now quite. Lynch him! Hush! The house of Mason Brothers, of Liverpool, failed some twenty years ago in my husband's debt. Can you take any more? Put your hands on your naked breasts, and let every man as don't feel a real American heart there, bustin' up with freedom, truth, and right, let that man step out---that's the oath I put to ye---and then say, Darn ye, go it! Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! | Sitemap |. M'Closky. Scud. Zoe. Point. a slave! [L.] Mr. George, I'm going to say somethin' that has been chokin' me for some time. Paul and Wahnotee arrive back with the mailbags and play around with the camera. Why not! Zoe, the more I see of George Peyton the better I like him; but he is too modest---that is a very impertinent virtue in a man. "When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. It wants an hour yet to daylight---here is Pete's hut---[Knocks.] Nebber supply no more, sar---nebber dance again. [Who has been looking about the camera.] The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. You killed the boy to steal this letter from the mail-bags---you stole this letter, that the money should not arrive in time to save the Octoroon; had it done so, the lien on the estate would have ceased, and Zoe be free. [Shouts heard,R.]. So I came here to you; to you, my own dear nurse; to you, who so often hushed me to sleep when I was a child; who dried my eyes and put your little Zoe to rest. Pete. for, darn me, if I can find out. The Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault that opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. What court of law would receive such evidence? Dis way, gen'l'men; now Solon---Grace---dey's hot and tirsty---sangaree, brandy, rum. No; Wahnotee is a gentle, honest creature, and remains here because he loves that boy with the tenderness of a woman. Happy to read and share the best inspirational Boucicault The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. George. The Steamer moves off---fire kept up---M'Closky*re-enters,*R.,*swimming on.*. It's no use you putting on airs; I ain't gwine to sit up wid you all night and you drunk. Beat that any of ye. I sat outside his door all night---I heard his sighs---his agony---torn from him by my coming fate; and he said, "I'd rather see her dead than his!". "No. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? Dear George, you now see what a miserable thing I am. Let her pass! He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. I think so; shall I ask him that too? [Sitting,R. C.] A pretty mess you've got this estate in---. Top, sar! M'Closky. Pete. Paul. Gentlemen, we are all acquainted with the circumstances of this girl's position, and I feel sure that no one here will oppose the family who desires to redeem the child of our esteemed and noble friend, the late Judge Peyton. Sunny. What's the matter, Ratts? Tableaux.*. I shall knock it down to the Squire---going---gone---for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. By fair means I don't think you can get her, and don't you try foul with her, 'cause if you do, Jacob, civilization be darned. What, you won't, won't ye? M'Closky. Zoe. Yonder the boy still lurks with those mail-bags; the devil still keeps him here to tempt me, darn his yellow skin. Paul. No, [looks off,R.] 'tis Pete and the servants---they come this way. We've had talk enough; now for proof. EnterPaul,R.U.E.,withIndian,who goes up. No, no---life is good for young ting like you. Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? Death was there beside me, and I dared not take it. Now, den, if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold, she'll begin screechin' like a cat. How long before we start, captain? Grace (a Yellow Girl, a Slave) Miss Gimber Dido (the Cook, a Slave) Mrs. Dunn. Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. Is there any other bid? Ask him, I want to know; don't say I told you to inquire, but find out. how sad she looks now she has no resource. M'Closky. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. [Pours out.] Scud. Zoe. George. [Looks through camera] O, golly! Cum yer now---stand round, cause I've got to talk to you darkies---keep dem chil'n quiet---don't make no noise, de missus up dar har us. I'ss, Mas'r George. Dora. Well, he has the oddest way of making love. Zoe. Top, you varmin! Paul. I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. [Knocks.] Gentlemen, I believe none of us have two feelings about the conduct of that man; but he has the law on his side---we may regret, but we must respect it. George. have I fixed ye? If he would only propose to marry me I would accept him, but he don't know that, and he will go on fooling, in his slow European way, until it is too late. M'Closky. Lynch him! Minnie (a Quadroon Slave) Miss Walters. 'Cos I's skeered to try! [Pete goes down.] [Tableaux.]. I shall never understand how to wound the feelings of any lady; and, if that is the custom here, I shall never acquire it. The judge didn't understand accounts---the overseer did. Unlock this Study Guide! Pete. Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is---the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!---[Opens letter---reads.] The Octoroon is appropriately considered a sensation drama, though it received the label retrospectively. Why, I was dreaming---curse it! Well, he gone dar hisself; why, I tink so---'cause we missed Paul for some days, but nebber tout nothin' till one night dat Injiun Wahnotee suddenly stood right dar 'mongst us---was in his war paint, and mighty cold and grave---he sit down by de fire. M'Closky. Jackson. *EnterPaul,wrestling with*Wahnotee,R.3. Dora. Scud. Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? Go on, Pete, you've waked up the Christian here, and the old hoss responds. My darling! Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! Ya! A Room in Mrs. Peyton's house; entrances,R.U.E.*andL.U.E.---An Auction Bill stuck up,*L.---chairs,C.,*and tables,*R. and L. Pete. Pointdexter*mounts the table with his hammer, his Clerk sits at his feet. Improvements---anything, from a stay-lace to a fire-engine. Sunny. George. what are you doing there, you young varmint! Ha, ha!---[Calls.] Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. It's such a long time since I did this sort of thing, and this old machine has got so dirty and stiff, I'm afraid it won't operate. Scud. Silence in the court; stand back, let the gentlemen of the jury retire, consult, and return their verdict. she will har you. So it is. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. The conflict centers around Zoe, "the Octoroon", a term used at the time to describe a person who was 1/8 African, 7/8 Caucasian. Mrs. P.Zoe, dear, I'm glad to see you more calm this morning. I felt it---and how she can love! Just because my grandfather wasn't some broken-down Virginia transplant, or a stingy old Creole, I ain't fit to sit down with the same meat with them. Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroonwith everyone. EnterLafoucheand*Jackson,L. Jackson. Do you know what I am? The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. Jodie Sweetin, Come down and eat chicken with me beautiful. Scud. Zoe. [Sighing.] side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. I could not do it. O, here, do you know what annuity the old judge left you is worth to-day? [Aside.] Peyton.] Am I late? Lafouche. M'Closky. Author: Dahlia Lithwick. You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. Scud. Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. I'll lend you all you want. Pete. Sunny. You be darned! Scene.---The Wharf, The Steamer "Magnolia" alongside,L.;a bluff rock,R.U.E. Ratts*discovered, superintending the loading of ship. [Aside to Pete.] What, Picayune Paul, as we called, him, that used to come aboard my boat?---poor little darkey, I Hope not; many a picayune he picked up for his dance and nigger-songs, and he supplied our table with fish and game from the Bayous. Ten miles we've had to walk, because some blamed varmin onhitched our dug-out. Work, Zoe, is the salt that gives savor to life. [Outside,R.U.E.] Dis way---dis way. Pete. I can't introduce any darned improvement there. Guess it kill a dozen---nebber try. [Takes them.] [Pause.] ], M'Closky. [Goes up.]. Don't be a fool; they'd kill you, and then take her, just as soon as---stop; Old Sunnyside, he'll buy her! what will become of her when I am gone? Dora. It's soooo dark. To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? Miss Sunnyside, permit me a word; a feeling of delicacy has suspended upon my lips an avowal, which---. here are marks of blood---look thar, red-skin, what's that? To "Mrs. Peyton, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States." Yes, we do, ma'am; it's in a darned bad condition. Was dat?---a cry out dar in de swamp---dar agin! Solon. Hark! I'm responsible for the crittur---go on. It's going up dar, whar dere's no line atween folks. Scud. Stop, here's dem dishes---plates---dat's what he call 'em, all fix: I see Mas'r Scudder do it often---tink I can take likeness---stay dere, Wahnotee. George offers to take her to a different country, but Zoe insists that she stay to help Terrebonne; Scudder then appears and suggests that George marry Dora. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. I say, Zoe, do you hear that? And our mother, she who from infancy treated me with such fondness, she who, as you said, had most reason to spurn me, can she forget what I am? Zoe. Dora. The Wharf---goods, boxes, and bales scattered about---a camera on stand, R. Scudder, R., Dora, L., George*andPauldiscovered;Dorabeing photographed byScudder,who is arranging photographic apparatus,GeorgeandPaullooking on at back.*. His greatest successes however, were on London's stages. Scud. What more d'ye want---ain't that proof enough? Sunny. Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. O, get out. The Octoroon Act II Summary & Analysis. Paul. So! Closky tue Paul---kill de child with your tomahawk dar; 'twasn't you, no---ole Pete allus say so. George. Art becomes art only when it's shared with others. Scud. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. Ratts. Zoe. Point. No, ma'am, I worked like an ass---an honest one, and that's all. George Peyton returns to the United States from a trip to France to find that the plantation he has inherited is in dire financial straits as a result of his late uncle's beneficence. Come, Paul, are you ready? things have got so jammed in on top of us, we ain't got time to put kid gloves on to handle them. Everybody---that is, I heard so. Yes, near the quick there is a faint blue mark. the bags are mine---now for it!---[Opens mail-bags.] George. He loves Zoe, and has found out that she loves him. drop dat banana! How can you ask that vulgar ruffian to your table? He's an Injiun---fair play. [They approach again.]. Those free papers ain't worth the sand that's on 'em. Come, Judge, pick up. I hope I'm not intruding. He don't understand; he speaks a mash-up of Indian and Mexican. O, Miss Zoe, why you ask ole Dido for dis pizen? What? Each word you utter makes my love sink deeper into my heart. He plans to buy her and make her his mistress. I must launch my dug-out, and put for the bay, and in a few hours I shall be safe from pursuit on board of one of the coasting schooners that run from Galveston to Matagorda. I left it last night all safe. What's de charge, Mas'r Scudder? Good morning, Mrs. Peyton. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. Yes---when I saw him and Miss Zoe galloping through the green sugar crop, and doing ten dollars' worth of damage at every stride, says I, how like his old uncle he do make the dirt fly. We tender food to a stranger, not because he is a gentleman, but because he is hungry. Isn't he sweet! M'Closky. M'Closky. Zoe, he's going; I want him to stay and make love to me that's what I came for to-day. O, no; Mas'r Scudder, don't leave Mas'r Closky like dat---don't, sa---'tain't what good Christian should do. O, how d'ye do, sir? Will ye? Scud. O, Mas'r Scudder, he didn't cry zackly; both ob his eyes and cheek look like de bad Bayou in low season---so dry dat I cry for him. M'Closky. Pete. Providence has chosen your executioner. Here, you tell it, since you know it. he's allers in for it. [Laughing.] George. Author: Mike Watt. I couldn't bear to see him put to work. *] Now, give it to me. I will! Go and try it, if you've a mind to. When he speaks to one he does it so easy, so gentle; it isn't bar-room style; love lined with drinks, sighs tinged with tobacco---and they say all the women in Paris were in love with him, which I feelIshall be; stop fanning me; what nice boots he wears. What, on Terrebonne? [R.] Then why don't you buy it yourself, Colonel? Scud. What's the law? You begged me to call this morning. Mrs. Claiborne Miss Clinton. Your birth---I know it. [Reads.] Mr. Scudder, good morning. "Judgment, 40,000, 'Thibodeaux against Peyton,'"---surely, that is the judgment under which this estate is now advertised for sale---[takes up paper and examines it]; yes, "Thibodeaux against Peyton, 1838." No---no. 'Top; you look, you Wahnotee; you see dis rag, eh? Take my shawl, Zoe. Why you tremble so? Zoe. Pete, speak to the red-skin. [*Exit*Thibodeaux, Sunnyside, Ratts, Pointdexter, Grace, Jackson, Lafouche, Caillou, Solon,R.U.E. Scud. Pete. I the sharer of your sorrows---your wife. Pete. And we all Don't you know that she is the natural daughter of the judge, your uncle, and that old lady thar just adored anything her husband cared for; and this girl, that another woman would a hated, she loves as if she'd been her own child. Pete. You can protect me from that man---do let me die without pain. [Examines paper.]. Thank'ye. Share with your friends. Scud. Dido. Point. What! Zoe (an Octoroon Girl, free, the Natural Child of the late Judge by a Quadroon Slave) Mrs. J. H. Allen. Pete, as you came here, did you pass Paul and the Indian with the letter-bags? [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] Poor little Paul---poor little nigger! Boucicault's manuscript actually reads "Indian, French and 'Merican." Pete. Dora. Pete. George. if you cannot be mine, O, let me not blush when I think of you. [Going.]. *] What a good creature she is. Now, Jacob M'Closky, you despise me because you think I'm a fool; I despise you because I know you to be a knave. Dido. No; but you, aunty, you are wise---you know every plant, don't you, and what it is good for? [Scandalized.] ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. "The free papers of my daughter, Zoe, registered February 4th, 1841." I don't tink you will any more, but dis here will; 'cause de family spile Dido, dey has. Scud. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. [Dora*gets water.] As I swam down, I thought I heard something in the water, as if pursuing me---one of them darned alligators, I suppose---they swarm hereabout---may they crunch every limb of ye! [Sits,R.], Dora. I was up before daylight. You called it yourself; you wanted to make us murder that Injiun; and since we've got our hands in for justice, we'll try it on you. [Wahnotee*rushes on, and at*M'Closky,L.H.]. Judy Collins, You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music." *EnterThibodeauxand*Sunnyside,R.U.E. Thibo. Whoever said so lied. *, M'Olosky. Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. I don't like that man. All right, Judge; I thought there was a mistake. Hi! I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. Dat's right, missus! No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. 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