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So it went, till one day the judge found the tap wouldn't run. Mrs. P.O, Salem! M'Closky. Zoe. Zoe, you have suspected the feeling that now commands an utterance---you have seen that I love you. I will; for it is agin my natur' to b'lieve him guilty; and if he be, this ain't the place, nor you the authority to try him. Pete. Go on, Pete, you've waked up the Christian here, and the old hoss responds. Curse their old families---they cut me---a bilious, conceited, thin lot of dried up aristocracy. You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. You will not give me to that man? Paul. Paul! Cum, for de pride of de family, let every darky look his best for the judge's sake---dat ole man so good to us, and dat ole woman---so dem strangers from New Orleans shall say, Dem's happy darkies, dem's a fine set of niggars; every one say when he's sold, "Lor' bless dis yer family I'm gwine out of, and send me as good a home.". [*Hands papers to*Mrs. It's dem black trash, Mas'r George; dis ere property wants claring; dem's getting too numerous round; when I gets time I'll kill some on 'em, sure! It ain't no use now; you got to gib it up! I'd be darned glad if somebody would tear my past life away from me. Mrs. P.George, you are incorrigible. My darling! He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. M'Closky. Mrs. P.Wahnotee, will you go back to your people? I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. Zoe. this letter the old lady expects---that's it; let me only head off that letter, and Terrebonne will be sold before they can recover it. Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. 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. Miss Sunnyside, permit me a word; a feeling of delicacy has suspended upon my lips an avowal, which---. At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." 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. Dora. Point. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. Paul. Of the blood that feeds my heart, one drop in eight is black---bright red as the rest may be, that one drop poisons all the flood; those seven bright drops give me love like yours---hope like yours---ambition like yours---Life hung with passions like dew-drops on the morning flowers; but the one black drop gives me despair, for I'm an unclean thing---forbidden by the laws---I'm an Octoroon! (p. 221) Daniel J. Siegel. Say, Mas'r Scudder, s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies, den dey cum long wid us, and we 'proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar. Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. He is sitting on on my prize! Liverpool post mark. Now I'm ready. [Returning with rifle.] "No. The Octoroon This project is the construction of an annotated, digitized text of the American and British versions of Dion Boucicault's controversial 1859 melodrama of interracial relationships and plantation life in antebellum Louisiana, with an archive of materials on performance for scholarly and pedagogical use. Paul's best friend, the Indian Wahnotee, discovers Paul's body; he can speak only poor English, however, and is unable to communicate the tragedy to anyone else. Do you think they would live here on such terms? If I must die, give me up to the law; but save me from the tomahawk. [Enters inner room,R.U.E.]. [Aside.] Cora, educated in Britain, returns to her fathers plantation in Louisiana to explore the truth about her mother's. ain't that a pooty gun. They don't seem to be scared by the threat. Ratts. That's right. Pete. M'Closky. [L.] Yelping hound---take that. Everybody---that is, I heard so. Unlock this Study Guide! [*Takes fan from*Minnie.] [Puts his head under the darkening apron.] When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. O, golly! Top, you varmin! George says he can "overcome the obstacle" (43), but Zoe protests that they cannot be together. What's come ob de child? what will become of her when I am gone? Sunny. Scud. Herein the true melodramatic hijinks that first defined "The Octoroon" ensue: a young, nouveau plantation owner George (Gardner in whiteface) is trying to save the remnants of his family's. ExitScudderandPete,R.1. Well, he cut that for the photographing line. 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. Now, my culled brethren, gird up your lines, and listen---hold on yer bref---it's a comin. Top, sar! I heard voices. Scud. Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] Dora. 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. George. I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! M'Closky. Art becomes art only when it's shared with others. You don't come here to take life easy. 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. And dar's de 'paratus---O, gosh, if I could take a likeness ob dis child! 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. No! [Raises hammer.] In an act of desperation she drinks a vial of poison, and Scudder enters to deliver the good news that McClosky was proven guilty of murdering Paul and that Terrebonne now belongs to George. You're bidding to separate them, Judge. Zoe, will you remain here? What's here? Scud. The Octoroon is appropriately considered a sensation drama, though it received the label retrospectively. Say what you know---not what you heard. Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? Make bacon of me, you young whelp. Ha, ha! Mrs. P.The child was a favorite of the judge, who encouraged his gambols. I'll gib it you! You begged me to call this morning. And I remained here to induce you to offer that heart to Dora! . O, you wanted evidence---you called for proof---Heaven has answered and convicted you. Dora. Author: Mike Watt. His greatest successes however, were on London's stages. See here---there's a small freight of turpentine in the fore hold there, and one of the barrels leaks; a spark from your engines might set the ship on fire, and you'd go with it. Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroonwith everyone. [Shouts heard,R.]. [Advances.] If you would pardon the abruptness of the question, I would ask you, Do you think the sincere devotion of my life to make yours happy would succeed? [Exit slowly, as if concealing himself,R.U.E. George. Dido. What? Just as soon as we put this cotton on board. blaze away! a slave! Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? When Paul was taken down with the swamp fever the Indian sat outside the hut, and neither ate, slept, or spoke for five days, till the child could recognize and call him to his bedside. Point. Dora. Wahnotee. Hi! George. Zoe. My home, my home! Lafouche. hark! O, aunt! Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is---the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!---[Opens letter---reads.] George. Pete. Essay Topics. No, dear. I shall knock it down to the Squire---going---gone---for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. The apparatus can't mistake. I will! Good day, ma'am. Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. Share with your friends. One hundred and forty-nine bales. Scud. Ratts. Zoe. Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? Omnes. If it was the ghost of that murdered boy haunting me! If there is no bid for the estate and stuff, we'll sell it in smaller lots. *EnterThibodeauxand*Sunnyside,R.U.E. Thibo. To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. Now's your time, sar. Point. [Aside.] If it don't stain de cup, your wicked ole life's in danger, sure! And you killed him? This old nigger, the grandfather of the boy you murdered, speaks for you---don't that go through you? 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. George. I've got hold of the tail of a rat---come out. Cut all away for'ard---overboard with every bale afire. You don't expect to recover any of this old debt, do you? Those free papers ain't worth the sand that's on 'em. Dora. Zoe. George. Race or not, it's a story about . George, George, your words take away my breath! Mr. George is in love with Zoe. If you want a quarrel---. There is a gulf between us, as wide as your love, as deep as my despair; but, O, tell me, say you will pity me! McClosky intercepts a young slave boy, Paul, who is bringing a mailbag to the house which contains a letter from one of Judge Peyton's old debtors. "Ma'am," says I, "the apparatus can't mistake." I love one who is here, and he loves me---George. If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like. He's going to do an heroic act; don't spile it. Dido. Hillo! George. Ben Tolosa You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. I would be alone a little while. [Seated,R. C.] Fan me, Minnie.---[Aside.] Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. Mrs. Pey. I only come back to find Wahnotee; whar is dat ign'ant Ingiun? Paul. Well, that has come out clear, ain't it? Come on, Pete, we shan't reach the house before midday. Darn it, when I see a woman in trouble, I feel like selling the skin off my back. Paul. | About Us I've got four plates ready, in case we miss the first shot. I thought none but colored people worked. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! Scud. Sunnyside, how good you are; so like my poor Peyton. [Reads.] you seen dem big tears in his eyes. Yonder the boy still lurks with those mail-bags; the devil still keeps him here to tempt me, darn his yellow skin. Scud. M'Closky. Point. Pete. Grace. You nasty, lying Injiun! Where are they? If Omenee remain, Wahnotee will die in Terrebonne. His love for me will pass away---it shall. I the sharer of your sorrows---your wife. Why, judge, wasn't you lawyer enough to know that while a judgment stood against you it was a lien on your slaves? But out it flew, free for everybody or anybody to beg, borrow, or steal. Dora. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. Nebber supply no more, sar---nebber dance again. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? Zoe. Pete. Pete. Wahnotee Patira na sepau assa wigiran. stan' round thar! Let him answer for the boy, then. Born here! ha---git out! Why you out in de swamp dis time ob night---you catch de fever sure---you is all wet. 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. No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. Excuse me, I'll light a cigar. [Outside,R.] Whar's Missus---whar's Mas'r George? I will dine on oysters and palomitas and wash them down with white wine. ], George. Scud. It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. Ain't he! [Aside.] Not a bale. M'Closky. *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. In a little time this darned business will blow over, and I can show again. [Sits down.] We tender food to a stranger, not because he is a gentleman, but because he is hungry. Ratts. [Knocks.] [Wahnotee*rises and looks atM'Closky---he is in his war paint and fully armed.*]. You want to hurt yourself. M'Closky. 'An Octoroon' was written over about three years but premiered in 2014. how can you say so? A mistake, sar---forty-six. Between us we've ruined these Peytons; you fired the judge, and I finished off the widow. [*Exit*Thibodeaux, Sunnyside, Ratts, Pointdexter, Grace, Jackson, Lafouche, Caillou, Solon,R.U.E. Scud. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. Whar's breakfass? Scud. he does not know, he does not know! Hooraw! Let me hide them till I teach my heart. What's dat? It makes my blood so hot I feel my heart hiss. 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. A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] M'Closky. Scud. We're ready; the jury's impanelled---go ahead---who'll be accuser? What's the matter, Ratts? You don't come here to take life easy. [Smiling.] Pete. Jackson. Scud. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. [Retires.]. Paul! Thib. This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. Nothing; but you must learn what I thought you already knew. Now, ma'am, I'd like a little business, if agreeable. I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? Lift me; so---[George*raises her head*]---let me look at you, that your face may be the last I see of this world. But the creditors will not claim the gal? I never killed a man in my life---and civilization is so strong in me I guess I couldn't do it---I'd like to, though! Hark! Scud. Adam had a job, a place to live, and food that he could provide for his woman. I won't go on; that man's down. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. Wal, as it consarns you, perhaps you better had. go on. [*Aside to*Mrs. Scud. You love George; you love him dearly; I know it: and you deserve to be loved by him. She refuses, but Zoe steals the bottle from her anyway and runs off. M'Closky. Point. O! Stop! Hugh vieu. Scud. What, sar! she would revolt from it, as all but you would; and if I consented to hear the cries of my heart, if I did not crush out my infant love, what would she say to the poor girl on whom she had bestowed so much? [Going.]. Scud. Scud. [Aside.] Am I late? EnterZoe,L.U.E.,very pale, and stands on table.---M'Closkyhitherto has taken no interest in the sale, now turns his chair. Stop; this would. I know you'll excuse it. Sunny. Scad. what, dem?---get away! [Draws knife.] Be calm---darn the things; the proceeds of this sale won't cover the debts of the estate. [Pete holds lantern up.] Ah! Tullian Tchividjian. Synopsis. Paul. He and Zoe admit to their love of each other; a heartbroken Dora leaves. Paul. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. Scud. Come, then, but if I catch you drinkin', O, laws a mussey, you'll get snakes! [Raising his voice.] if this is so, she's mine! Scud. Paul. Zoe. George still loves Zoe, telling her: "[T]his knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I . and my master---O! M'Closky. Scud. [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. Zoe. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. Ho! Ah. Hold on, George Peyton---stand back. Pete. I appeal against your usurped authority. Paul. It ain't our sile, I believe, rightly; but Nature has said that where the white man sets his foot, the red man and the black man shall up sticks and stand around. Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. Is not Dora worth any man's---. Go on, Colonel---Colonel Pointdexter, ma'am---the mortgagee, auctioneer, and general agent. Jackson. Yours, &c, James Brown." ya! What's here---judgments? [Pours out.] No, no! [Outside,R.U.E.] Dis way---dis way. 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