You've made me cry, then, and I hate you both! You seem already familiar with the names of every spot on the estate. What, sar? You heard him say it was hopeless. I couldn't bear to see him put to work. I dare say, now, that in Europe you have never met any lady more beautiful in person, or more polished in manners, than that girl. "No. Some of those sirens of Paris, I presume, [Pause.] Guess they nebber was born---dem tings! Zoe. It's going up dar, whar dere's no line atween folks. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. I'm afraid they must be right; I can't understand a word of all this. O, dear Zoe, is he in love with anybody? Ain't you took them bags to the house yet? [Sees tomahawk in Wahnotee's belt---draws it out and examines it.] It's not a painful death, aunty, is it? Sunny. George. What was this here Scudder? Uh---uh, let's have a peep. Wahnote*swims on---finds trail---follows him. Lafouche. O, here he is. Scud. [Weeping.] O, you horrible man! Who is it? Adam had a job, a place to live, and food that he could provide for his woman. Fair or foul, I'll have her---take that home with you! Jodie Sweetin, Come down and eat chicken with me beautiful. Do you know what the niggers round here call that sight? She has had the education of a lady. In comparison, a quadroon would have one quarter African ancestry and a mulatto for the most part has historically implied half African ancestry. Mrs. Peyton, George Peyton, Terrebonne is yours. I mean that before you could draw that bowie-knife, you wear down your back, I'd cut you into shingles. O, none for me; I never eat. I hope it will turn out better than most of my notions. We are catching fire forward; quick, set free from the shore. It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. Ivan Glasenberg, Very few things hurt my young ego more than an Asian female openly shaming me for my Asian-ness. Scud. Hush! Minnie, fan me, it is so nice---and his clothes are French, ain't they? Forgive him, Dora; for he knew no better until I told him. Lafouche. Scud. You see dat hole in dar, sar. And, strangers, ain't we forgetting there's a lady present. Yes; No. . How long before we start, captain? When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. Captain, you've loaded up here until the boat is sunk so deep in the mud she won't float. [Wakes.] [Dora*gets water.] Dora. Work! George. Mrs. P.Wahnotee, will you go back to your people? Well, ma'am, I spose there's no law agin my bidding for it. We can leave this country, and go far away where none can know. M'Closky. Zoe (an Octoroon Girl, free, the Natural Child of the late Judge by a Quadroon Slave) Mrs. J. H. Allen. No, you goose! Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring May Heaven bless him for the thought, bless him for the happiness he spread around my life. Top, sar! "Sign that," says the overseer; "it's only a formality." Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. Pete. [Knocks.] George. Dem debils. What's the matter, Ratts? If there is no bid for the estate and stuff, we'll sell it in smaller lots. I don't tink you will any more, but dis here will; 'cause de family spile Dido, dey has. [Pete holds lantern up.] if I had you one by one, alone in the swamp, I'd rip ye all. *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. Zoe. You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. Say, Mas'r Scudder, take me in dat telescope? Missey Zoe! Sharon Gannon. That's his programme---here's a pocket-book. [Shows plate to jury.] Don't do nuffin. Sunny. Pete. Bless his dear old handwriting, it's all I ever saw of him. ", Zoe. The Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault that opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. and will despise me, spurn me, loathe me, when he learns who, what, he has so loved.---[Aloud.] You made her life too happy, and now these tears will be. While the proceeds of this sale promises to realize less than the debts upon it, it is my duty to prevent any collusion for the depreciation of the property. Come, cheer up, old friend. Zoe. Point. You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. Scud. George. Pete. [Sits down.] [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? [Wahnotee*sits*L.,rolled in blanket.]. Zoe. Ratts. Will she gladly see you wedded to the child of her husband's slave? So it is. Come along; she har what we say, and she's cryin' for us. this infernal letter would have saved all. None o' ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat. Scudder. Lynch him! Zoe realizes that she is in love with him too, but they cannot marry, as she is an Octoroon, and, under 19th century laws, their marriage was legally prohibited. Will you hush? 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. This New York Times article cautions its readers against jumping to conclusions about Boucicault's intentions in the writing of the play and downplays . I'm gwine! Here then, I'll put back these Peytons in Terrebonne, and they shall know you done it; yes, they'll have you to thank for saving them from ruin. [Wahnotee*rushes on, and at*M'Closky,L.H.]. In a word, I have seen and admired you! tink anybody wants you to cry? 'Tis true! The last word, an important colloquialism, was misread by the typesetter of the play. "But, sir, it ain't agreeable." What was her past? Be the first to contribute! 1, Solon, a guess boy, and good waiter.". Sunny. Lafouche. Why, with principal and interest this debt has been more than doubled in twenty years. The Octoroon or The Lily of Louisiana is a dark tale of crime, race and slavery. Zoe. EnterScudder, George, Ratts, Caillou, Pete, Grace, Minnie,and all theNegroes. Zoe. Would you now? He's yours, Mr. George Peyton. Zoe. George. blaze away! Scud. O, my father! [Music.]. [*Enter*George,C.] Ah! No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! She's in love with young Peyton; it made me curse, whar it made you cry, as it does now; I see the tears on your cheeks now. [Aside to Zoe.] [1] ZOE played by an octoroon actress, a white actress, a quadroon actress, a biracial actress, a multi-racial actress, or an actress of color who can pass as an octoroon. [Sighing.] Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. Dat wakes him up. Scud. no violence---the critter don't know what we mean. O! Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. Paul. [Reading bill.] Jackson. MINNIE played by an African-American actress, a black actress, or an actress of color. We must excuse Scudder, friends. [Tableaux.]. Ha, ha!---[Calls.] Terrebonne is yours. Excuse me; one of the principal mortgagees has made the demand. Cut, cut the rope---I choke---choke!---Ah! Raits. She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. Scud. All. Dido. M'Closky. You don't expect to recover any of this old debt, do you? McClosky has proved that Judge Peyton did not succeed in legally freeing her, as he had meant to do. Where is Mr. Scudder? Dora then reappears and bids on Zoe she has sold her own plantation in order to rescue Terrebonne. Well, you wrong me. Boucicault's manuscript actually reads "Indian, French and 'Merican." Paul. Sunny. [Leads her forward---aside.] Don't be afraid; it ain't going for that, Judge. Dat's what her soul's gwine to do. But for Heaven's sake go---here comes the crowd. Scud. You blow, Mas'r Scudder, when I tole you; dere's a man from Noo Aleens just arriv' at de house, and he's stuck up two papers on de gates; "For sale---dis yer property," and a heap of oder tings---and he seen missus, and arter he shown some papers she burst out crying---I yelled; den de corious of little niggers dey set up, den de hull plantation children---de live stock reared up and created a purpiration of lamentation as did de ole heart good to har. how sad she looks now she has no resource. Scud. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? [Indignantly.] [Aside.] Zoe. Just one month ago I quitted Paris. How are we sure the boy is dead at all? Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. [Who has been looking about the camera.] My dear mother---Mr. Scudder---you teach me what I ought to do; if Miss Sunnyside will accept me as I am, Terrebonne shall be saved; I will sell myself, but the slaves shall be protected. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! "I'm afraid to die; yet I am more afraid to live," Zoe says, asking Dido to "protect me from that mando let me die without pain" (70). M'Closky. I say, Zoe, do you hear that? Here are evidences of the crime; this rum-bottle half emptied---this photographic apparatus smashed---and there are marks of blood and footsteps around the shed. But the creditors will not claim the gal? Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. 'Cos I's skeered to try! 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. Do you mean that I'm a pig? Take my shawl, Zoe. Scad. D'ye hear it---nearer---nearer---ah! Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. hark! M'Closky. M'Closky. she look as though she war gwine to have a tooth drawed! Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. for, darn me, if I can find out. Ya! Judge, my friend. George. Top, you varmin! 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. Sign that receipt, captain, and save me going up to the clerk. With Dora's wealth, he explains, Terrebonne will not be sold and the slaves will not have to be separated. Let me hide them till I teach my heart. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. [*Goes*L.] Paul reste el! No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. Guess that you didn't leave anything female in Europe that can lift an eyelash beside that gal. Why should I refer the blame to her? O, you wanted evidence---you called for proof---Heaven has answered and convicted you. Dora. DORA played by a white actress or an actress who can pass as white. Hello! Yes; I kept the letters, and squandered the money. Death was there beside me, and I dared not take it. Scudder insists that they hold a trial, and the men search for evidence. One morning dey swarmed on a sassafras tree in de swamp, and I cotched 'em all in a sieve.---dat's how dey come on top of dis yearth---git out, you,---ya, ya! Scud. It was that rascal M'Closky---but he got rats, I avow---he killed the boy, Paul, to rob this letter from the mail-bags---the letter from Liverpool you know---he sot fire to the shed---that was how the steamboat got burned up. I can think of nothing but the image that remains face to face with me: so beautiful, so simple, so confiding, that I dare not express the feelings that have grown up so rapidly in my heart. Excuse me ladies. [During the dialogueWahnoteehas takenGeorge'sgun. Mr. Scudder, take us with you---Mr. Peyton is so slow, there's no getting him, on. Yes, I'm here, somewhere, interferin'. With your New England hypocrisy, you would persuade yourself it was this family alone you cared for; it ain't---you know it ain't---'tis the "Octoroon;" and you love her as I do; and you hate me because I'm your rival---that's where the tears come from, Salem Scudder, if you ever shed any---that's where the shoe pinches. 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. Mrs. P.O, Salem! [Throws down apron.] Their presence keeps alive the reproach against me that I ruined them; yet, if this money should come. [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. George. Dora. must I learn from these poor wretches how much I owed, how I ought to pay the debt? I don't think you capable of anything else than---. Mrs. P.I cannot find the entry in my husband's accounts; but you, Mr. M'Closky, can doubtless detect it. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. Yah! Paul. M'Closky. I'm afraid to die; yet I am more afraid to live. Come, Mr. Thibodeaux, a man has a chance once in his life---here's yours. M'Closky. Sunny. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. I'll put the naughty parts in French. Pete. Scud. I shall see this estate pass from me without a sigh, for it possesses no charm for me; the wealth I covet is the love of those around me---eyes that are rich in fond looks, lips that breathe endearing words; the only estate I value is the heart of one true woman, and the slaves I'd have are her thoughts. Zoe. Sunny. Is it on such evidence you'd hang a human being? George. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. It's no use you putting on airs; I ain't gwine to sit up wid you all night and you drunk. Dem doctors ain't no 'count; dey don't know nuffin. Paul. if dey aint all lighted, like coons, on dat snake fence, just out of shot. Ten years ago the judge took as overseer a bit of Connecticut hardware called M'Closky. Scud. here's the other one; she's a little too thoroughbred---too much of the greyhound; but the heart's there, I believe. Give us evidence. 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. [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. Ratts. The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. 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!". I guess he ain't left home yet, Colonel. Zoe. Why don't you speak, sir? My home, my home! Yes, for I'd rather be black than ungrateful! At the time the judge executed those free papers to his infant slave, a judgment stood recorded against him; while that was on record he had no right to make away with his property. It ain't no use now; you got to gib it up! Mrs. P.Hospitality in Europe is a courtesy; here, it is an obligation. [Re-entering.] The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Mrs. P.You are out early this morning, George. me! he is here. M'Closky. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. Lafouche. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. I could not do it. You! Dora. 'Top; you look, you Wahnotee; you see dis rag, eh? O, my---my heart! [Rises.] That one black drop of blood burns in her veins and lights up her heart like a foggy sun. I believe Mr. M'Closky has a bill of sale on them. What? I'm responsible for the crittur---go on. You'se a dead man, Mas'r Clusky---you got to b'lieve dat. 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. M'Closky. [Points with knife off,R.] D'ye see that tree?---it's called a live oak, and is a native here; beside it grows a creeper; year after year that creeper twines its long arms round and round the tree---sucking the earth dry all about its roots---living on its life---overrunning its branches, until at last the live oak withers and dies out. ain't that a pooty gun. George. there again!---no; it was only the wind over the canes. Do you want me to stop here and bid for it? he must not see me. George. gib it to ole Pete! I don't like that man. See, I'm calm. 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. Pete. Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. In a few hours that man, my master, will come for me; he has paid my price, and he only consented to let me remain here this one night, because Mrs. Peyton promised to give me up to him to-day. 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