Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. 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! Zoe. Scud. Paul. Some of those sirens of Paris, I presume, [Pause.] What? The devil I am! He loves me---what of that? Beat that any of ye. 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? Scud. [*Exit*Mrs. Peyton*and*George,L.U.E.] A slave! Do you know what the niggers round here call that sight? Hold on, you'll see. Five hundred bid---it's a good price. Stop! You don't come here to take life easy. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. Scud. ], Scud. The murder is captured on Scudder's photographic apparatus. Sunny. No; the hitching line was cut with a knife. The eye of the Eternal was on you---the blessed sun in heaven, that, looking down, struck upon this plate the image of the deed. George. Zoe. I say---he smoke and smoke, but nebber look out ob de fire; well knowing dem critters, I wait a long time---den he say, "Wahnotee, great chief;" den I say nothing---smoke anoder time---last, rising to go, he turn round at door, and say berry low---O, like a woman's voice, he say, "Omenee Pangeuk,"---dat is, Paul is dead---nebber see him since. [Tumbles upon the table.]. he is here. [Fire seen,R.]. Say what you know---not what you heard. Every word of it, Squire. One thousand bid. 'An Octoroon' was written over about three years but premiered in 2014. George. Where's that man from Mobile that wanted to give one hundred and eighty thousand? [Sitting,R. C.] A pretty mess you've got this estate in---. Ha, ha! Pete. Ratts. I'll lend you all you want. Pete. Go and try it, if you've a mind to. 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. The first mortgagee bids forty thousand dollars. [Speaking in his ear-trumpet.] Scud. George. If Omenee remain, Wahnotee will die in Terrebonne. Captain, you've loaded up here until the boat is sunk so deep in the mud she won't float. Scud. 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. Ratts. He said so---then I rose up, and stole from the house, and ran down to the bayou; but its cold, black, silent stream terrified me---drowning must be so horrible a death. Lynch him! Don't be a fool; they'd kill you, and then take her, just as soon as---stop; Old Sunnyside, he'll buy her! You will not give me to that man? they call it the Yankee hugging the Creole. M'Closky. I have remarked that she is treated by the neighbors with a kind of familiar condescension that annoyed me. That is the ineffaceable curse of Cain. there it comes---it comes---don't you hear a footstep on the dry leaves? [Aside.] That they become fads. O! there's that noise again! The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. Look in my eyes; is not the same color in the white? [Seated,R. C.] Fan me, Minnie.---[Aside.] Zoe. Dido. Dora. 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. I hate 'em. If he stirs, I'll put a bullet through his skull, mighty quick. It will cost me all I'm worth. here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. If I was to try, I'd bust. Scud. Well, he has the oddest way of making love. 'Tis true! [Aside,C.] Insolent as usual.---[Aloud.] I'll bear it. We are catching fire forward; quick, set free from the shore. George is courted by the rich Southern belle heiress Dora Sunnyside, but he finds himself falling in love with Zoe, the daughter of his uncle through one of the slaves. [Tableaux.]. Zoe. He's an Injiun---fair play. tink anybody wants you to cry? Dora. | Contact Us Good day, ma'am. M'Closky. [Looks off.] Zoe, they shall not take you from us while I live. Here 'tis---now you give one timble-full---dat's nuff. he's coming this way, fighting with his Injiun. Yonder is the boy---now is my time! See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks D'ye hear that, Jacob? Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. [Exit slowly, as if concealing himself,R.U.E. George. Scud. I wish they could sell me! Mrs. P.She need not keep us waiting breakfast, though. At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." It's not a painful death, aunty, is it? Yes, missus. What's de charge, Mas'r Scudder? George. His love for me will pass away---it shall. Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. Let me proceed by illustration. Here she is---Zoe!---water---she faints. Hush! George says he can "overcome the obstacle" (43), but Zoe protests that they cannot be together. Shan't I! *, M'Olosky. I thought I heard the sound of a paddle in the water. Scud. George, O, forgive me! George. It's a good drink to see her come into the cotton fields---the niggers get fresh on the sight of her. But dis ain't all. Let her pass! Pete. George. Here, you tell it, since you know it. No---no. Ain't that a cure for old age; it kinder lifts the heart up, don't it? You can't control everything in life Gemma Burgess, Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty, transparent fingers. 2, the yellow girl Grace, with two children---Saul, aged four, and Victoria five." George. Now, I feel bad about my share in the business. 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.*. If you want a quarrel---. You thought you had cornered me, did ye? See, I'm calm. Zoe. I shrunk from it and fled. Pete. Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! I can go no farther. EnterZoe,L.U.E.,very pale, and stands on table.---M'Closkyhitherto has taken no interest in the sale, now turns his chair. He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. Scud. Yes; No. I felt it---and how she can love! [Pause.] [They approach again.]. A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] Mrs. Pey. Zoe. [Returning with rifle.] Scud. Den say de missus, "'Tain't for de land I keer, but for dem poor niggars---dey'll be sold---dat wot stagger me." 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. and my master---O! What! Paul. George. Mrs. P.No, George; say you wept like a man. Scud. Seize him, then! What's this, eh? I'm 'most afraid to take Wahnotee to the shed, there's rum there. Since this letter would allow Mrs. Peyton to avoid selling Terrebonne, McClosky kills Paul and takes the letter. I suppose I shall go before long, and I wished to visit all the places, once again, to see the poor people. O, my husband! M'Closky. [Goes up.]. *EnterPete, Pointdexter, Jackson, Lafouche,and*Caillou,R.U.E. Pete. Mrs. P.Terrebonne for sale, and you, sir, will doubtless become its purchaser. "Ma'am, your nose drawed it. Dora. [Raises hammer.] have I fixed ye? I know you'll excuse it. I would be alone a little while. And twenty thousand bid. 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. Mrs. P.Yes, there is a hope left yet, and I cling to it. 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. 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. [falls on her knees, with her face in her hands] no---no master, but one. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. Not a bale. Pete, you old turkey-buzzard, saddle my mare. I don't tink you will any more, but dis here will; 'cause de family spile Dido, dey has. O, let all go, but save them! is this true?---no, it ain't---darn it, say it ain't. Go on, Pete, you've waked up the Christian here, and the old hoss responds. Mrs. P.Yes; the firm has recovered itself, and I received a notice two months ago that some settlement might be anticipated. I mean that before you could draw that bowie-knife, you wear down your back, I'd cut you into shingles. You! Zoe, I love you none the less; this knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I can overcome the obstacle. No, no! Haven't you worked like a horse? No, it won't; we have confessed to Dora that we love each other. M'Closky. Paul and Wahnotee arrive back with the mailbags and play around with the camera. Isn't he sweet! Ay, ay! It makes my blood so hot I feel my heart hiss. he tinks it's a gun. what a bright, gay creature she is! Yes! Pete. The Judge is a little deaf. O! Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. No; but you, aunty, you are wise---you know every plant, don't you, and what it is good for? You want to hurt yourself. Do not weep, George. The men accuse Wahnotee of the murder, and McClosky calls for him to be lynched. It ain't necessary for me to dilate, describe, or enumerate; Terrebonne is known to you as one of the richest bits of sile in Louisiana, and its condition reflects credit on them as had to keep it. [Calls off.] Tableaux.*. The sun is rising. M'Closky. Scud. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. If that old nigger ain't asleep, I'm blamed. Ben Tolosa You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. "Madam, we are instructed by the firm of Mason and Co., to inform you that a dividend of forty per cent, is payable on the 1st proximo, this amount in consideration of position, they send herewith, and you will find enclosed by draft to your order, on the Bank of Louisiana, which please acknowledge---the balance will be paid in full, with interest, in three, six, and nine months---your drafts on Mason Brothers at those dates will be accepted by La Palisse and Compagnie, N. O., so that you may command immediate use of the whole amount at once, if required. Miss Sunnyside, permit me a word; a feeling of delicacy has suspended upon my lips an avowal, which---. Dora. Scud. Ugh! Ratts. Dora. Stephen King, I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. Pete. O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? It's surely worth the love that dictated it; here are the papers and accounts. George. 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. Who is it? [Retires.]. Good morning, Colonel. Dora. [Smiling.] Be the first to contribute! I---my mother was---no, no---not her! I bring you news; your banker, old Lafouche, of New Orleans, is dead; the executors are winding up his affairs, and have foreclosed on all overdue mortgages, so Terrebonne is for sale. why, clar out! Hush! We must excuse Scudder, friends. Mrs. P.Zoe, dear, I'm glad to see you more calm this 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." Whar's de coffee? [All salute.]. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? Zoe. M'Closky. Ratts. Well, you wrong me. What, sar! can you smile at this moment? Don't say that, ma'am; don't say that to a man that loves another gal. You are a white man; you'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin? 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. Enjoy reading and share 14 famous quotes about Boucicaults The Octoroon with everyone. My darling! Scud. Do you know what that is? European, I suppose. E.---Wahnotefollows him.---Screams outside. Zoe! Dion Boucicault. [R. C.] Pardon me, madam, but do you know these papers? Ratts. I shall endeavor not to be jealous of the past; perhaps I have no right to be. You'll take care, I guess, it don't go too cheap. Mrs. Pey. What am goin' to cum ob us! Hugh vieu. Zoe. Scud. Pete. Then I will go to a parlor house and have them top up a bathtub with French champagne and I will strip and dive into it with a bare-assed blonde and a redhead and an octoroon and the four of us will get completely presoginated and laugh and let long bubbly farts at hell and baptize each other in the name of the Trick, the Prick, and the Piper-Heidsick. Go with Dora to Sunnyside. I have come to say good-by, sir; two hard words---so hard, they might break many a heart; mightn't they? Sunny. Scud. Zoe. Mrs. P.Why, George, I never suspected this! What's this? See here, you imps; if I catch you, and your red skin yonder, gunning in my swamps, I'll give you rats, mind; them vagabonds, when the game's about, shoot my pigs. M'Closky. what, dem?---get away! That's just what you must do, and do it at once, or it will be too late. 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. [*Throws bowie-knife to*M'Closky.] Pete, as you came here, did you pass Paul and the Indian with the letter-bags? You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. M'Closky. yes, plenty of 'em; bill of costs; account with Citizens' Bank---what's this? [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. George. Sign that receipt, captain, and save me going up to the clerk. he does not know, he does not know! Why not! O! No, sir; you have omitted the Octoroon girl, Zoe. How are we sure the boy is dead at all? No; if you were I'd buy you, if you cost all I'm worth. Pete. M'Closky. [*Aside to*Mrs. What a find! You be darned! I don't know, but I feel it's death! Zoe, listen to me, then. [Leads her forward---aside.] Then, if I sink every dollar I'm worth in her purchase, I'll own that Octoroon. Grace. Why you tremble so? [Going.]. He's yours, Captain Ratts, Magnolia steamer. Dido. Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? [Opens desk.] ], Paul. Author: Dahlia Lithwick. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. 49, Paul, a quadroon boy, aged thirteen. Zoe. you stan' dar, I see you Ta demine usti. How dar you say dat, you black nigger, you? Zoe, you are suffering---your lips are white---your cheeks are flushed. I could not do it. He loves Zoe, and has found out that she loves him. Sunny. why don't you do it? [Takes them.] den run to dat pine tree up dar [points,L.U.E.] and back agin, and den pull down de rag so, d'ye see? Pete. Mrs. P.So, Pete, you are spoiling those children as usual! Darn it, when I see a woman in trouble, I feel like selling the skin off my back. The child---'tis he! Zoe. Dear George, you now see what a miserable thing I am. Zoe. [Dances.]. Point. Point. [Music. To be alive is to be breathing. Ah! I don't care, they were blue this morning, but it don't signify now. I love one who is here, and he loves me---George. Zoe. 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. side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. I didn't know whether they are completely honest. [Draws pistol---M'Closky*rushes on and falls atScudder'sfeet.*]. After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. There's one name on the list of slaves scratched, I see. But for Heaven's sake go---here comes the crowd. I've got four plates ready, in case we miss the first shot. Terrebonne is yours. I believe Mr. M'Closky has a bill of sale on them. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. I have it. Sunny. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. Scud. The Octoroons have no apparent trace of the Negro in their appearance but still are subject to the legal disabilities which attach them to the condition of blacks. One hundred and forty-nine bales. All. I bid seven thousand, which is the last dollar this family possesses. And all for the sake of that old woman and that young puppy---eh? Mrs. P.I fear that the property is so involved that the strictest economy will scarcely recover it. Point. Ah! All hands aboard there---cut the starn ropes---give her headway! Mrs. P.Sellyourself, George! [Music.]. We tender food to a stranger, not because he is a gentleman, but because he is hungry. No, dear. Darn that girl; she makes me quiver when I think of her; she's took me for all I'm worth. [C.] I'm sorry to intrude, but the business I came upon will excuse me. Were they all born on this estate? He plans to buy her and make her his mistress. George. Unlock this Study Guide! I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. What court of law would receive such evidence? Excuse me, I'll light a cigar. Dora. then I shall be sold!---sold! O, why did he speak to me at all then? She said, "It's free with purchase." When I am dead she will not be jealous of your love for me, no laws will stand between us. Scud. George, dear George, do you love me? George. M'Closky. Come here quite; now quite. Scud. There are no witnesses but a rum bottle and an old machine. In a word, I have seen and admired you! Scudder insists that they hold a trial, and the men search for evidence. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! Mr. Scudder, good morning. | Privacy Policy I arrived just too late, he had grabbed the prize as I came up. Dora. O! Zoe!---she faints! We're ready; the jury's impanelled---go ahead---who'll be accuser? A photographic plate. Am I late? Yah! | Privacy Policy George. Didn't I? [Enters inner room,R.U.E.]. Point. Go it, if you're a mind to. Mrs. P.I cannot find the entry in my husband's accounts; but you, Mr. M'Closky, can doubtless detect it. M'Closky. twit him on his silence and abstraction---I'm sure it's plain enough, for he has not spoken two words to me all the day; then joke round the subject, and at last speak out. For ten years his letters came every quarter-day, with a remittance and a word of advice in his formal cavalier style; and then a joke in the postscript, that upset the dignity of the foregoing. darn his carcass! My dear husband never kept any accounts, and we scarcely know in what condition the estate really is. Is this a dream---for my brain reels with the blow? EnterPete,R.U.E. [he is lame]; he carries a mop and pail. For the first time, twenty-five thousand---last time! Ratts. Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. No, [looks off,R.] 'tis Pete and the servants---they come this way. M'Closky. O, aunt! M'Closky. I wish he would make love to me. Ratts. What say ye? Salem Scudder, a kind Yankee, was Judge Peyton's business partner; though he wishes he could save Terrebonne, he has no money. Dora. Paul! I'm going to straighten this account clear out. ain't that a pooty gun. Now's your time, sar. *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. [Knocks.] [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. That judgment still exists; under it and others this estate is sold to-day. Alas! [Throws down apron.] His new cotton gins broke down, the steam sugar-mills burst up, until he finished off with his folly what Mr. M'Closky with his knavery began. The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. [During the dialogueWahnoteehas takenGeorge'sgun. Well, ma'am, I spose there's no law agin my bidding for it. This New York Times article cautions its readers against jumping to conclusions about Boucicault's intentions in the writing of the play and downplays . Save me---save me! [Throws mail bags down and sits on them,L. C.] Pret, now den go. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! Zoe, you are young; your mirror must have told you that you are beautiful. Scud. Scud. George. George. George. ---Cane-brake Bayou.---Bank,C.---Triangle Fire,R. C.---Canoe,C.---M'Closky*discovered asleep. Share with your friends. Mas'r George---ah, no, sar---don't buy me---keep your money for some udder dat is to be sold. Paul. A view of the Plantation Terrebonne, in Louisiana.---A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate.---A low built, but extensive Planter's Dwelling, surrounded with a veranda, and raised a few feet from the ground, occupies theL. That's about right. Ask him, I want to know; don't say I told you to inquire, but find out. Pete. You got four of dem dishes ready. M'Closky. Squire Sunnyside is going to sell this at fifty thousand advance to-morrow.---[Looks round.] M'Closky. Will you hush? Scud. Dido. Zoe. Dora. Scad. . O, how I lapped up her words, like a thirsty bloodhound! [George*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. No. Mrs. P.Read, George. Scud. I think we may begin business. No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. Dora. Zoe. Dora. M'Closky. Point. Well, sir, what does this Scudder do but introduces his inventions and improvements on this estate. Pete. George. Point. Will she gladly see you wedded to the child of her husband's slave? Yes; you was the first to hail Judge Lynch. Dora then reappears and bids on Zoe she has sold her own plantation in order to rescue Terrebonne. No! Jackson, I want to get to Ophelensis to-night. Franco Harris, You have to let it go. [SeesPete,*who has set his pail down*L. C.up stage, and goes to sleep on it.] Well, he cut that for the photographing line. We can leave this country, and go far away where none can know. I'll put the naughty parts in French. [The knives disappear.] ya! Zoe. M'Closky. [Aside.] here's Mas'r Sunnyside, and Missey Dora, jist drov up. Aunt, when he died, two years ago, I read over those letters of his, and if I didn't cry like a baby---. Scud. [Scandalized.] You can bet I'm going to make this . Mrs. P.My dear George, you are left in your uncle's will heir to this estate. I say, I'd like to say summit soft to the old woman; perhaps it wouldn't go well, would it? Would you now? [Indignantly.] Pete. 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. [Draws knife.] M'Closky. She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. Dora. The judge drew money like Bourbon whiskey from a barrel, and never turned off the tap. [Pete goes down.] Scud. O, how d'ye do, sir? Just as soon as we put this cotton on board. Jacob M'Closky, 'twas you murdered that boy! Jackson. 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. Scud. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. What say ye, gentlemen? 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. I ain't ashamed of it---I do love the gal; but I ain't jealous of you, because I believe the only sincere feeling about you is your love for Zoe, and it does your heart good to have her image thar; but I believe you put it thar to spile. Zoe. Mr. George is in love with Zoe. George reluctantly agrees. Laws, mussey! Hole yer tongues. George. D'ye hear it---nearer---nearer---ah! Well---I didn't mean to kill him, did I? The buyers gather to take away the slaves they have purchased on a steamship. Dar, do ye hear dat, ye mis'able darkies, dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is. Traduced! [Sits down.] Jodie Sweetin, Come down and eat chicken with me beautiful. Now, take care what you do. Lafouche. You may drink dat, Mas'r George. Scud. ", Pete. Wahnotee tracks him down and confronts him; in the ensuing struggle, Wahnotee kills McClosky. Improvements---anything, from a stay-lace to a fire-engine. Quotations by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American Playwright, Born December 29, 1984. 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