Paul. He is sitting on on my prize! I will! Zoe. O, golly! It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. [To Jackson.] [Searching him.] Scud. Zoe. Good day, Mr. Thibodeaux---shall we drive down that way? Ha, ha! The Steamer moves off---fire kept up---M'Closky*re-enters,*R.,*swimming on.*. What! The word Octoroon signifies "one-eighth blood" or the child of a Quadroon by a white. Ratts. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. Consarn those Liverpool English fellers, why couldn't they send something by the last mail? Lafouche. What, Zoe! war's de crowd gone? Who is it? Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. Scud. He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. ExitScudderandPete,R.1. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? Come on, Pete, we shan't reach the house before midday. Come, then, but if I catch you drinkin', O, laws a mussey, you'll get snakes! What was her name? Scud. Jacob M'Closky, you shan't have that girl. That's right. Debbel's in de pail! Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. Burn, burn! If Omenee remain, Wahnotee will die in Terrebonne. O! Dora. Haven't you worked like a horse? 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. There's no chance of it. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. Hark! [Aside to Zoe.] Pete. Mrs. P.[Embracing him.] 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. The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. Adam had a job, a place to live, and food that he could provide for his woman. Poor fellow, he has lost all. When George asks why, Zoe explains that she is an octoroon, and the law prevents a white man from marrying anyone with the smallest black heritage. She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. that's right. Pete. [*ExitScudderand*Mrs. Peyton,R.U.E. George. You begged me to call this morning. I've got hold of the tail of a rat---come out. I must be going---it is late. 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. Then buy the hands along with the property. Yah! Stan' back, boys! He wanted to know what furniture she had in her bedroom, the dresses she wore, the people she knew; even his physical desire for her gave way to a deeper yearning, a boundless, aching curiosity. The buyers gather to take away the slaves they have purchased on a steamship. [Returning with rifle.] Dam dat Injiun! Those free papers ain't worth the sand that's on 'em. Pete. Scud. M'Closky. 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. George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. Come, form a court then, choose a jury---we'll fix this varmin. The Steamer floats on at back, burning. M'Closky. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. look sar! The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. Zoe. M'Closky. Sunny. [The knives disappear.] I'll have her, if it costs me my life! [Looks off.] 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. M'Closky. | Privacy Policy George. Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. The sun is rising. I'm afraid they must be right; I can't understand a word of all this. Mr. Peyton, I presume you have hesitated to make this avowal because you feared, in the present condition of affairs here, your object might be misconstrued, and that your attention was rather to my fortune than myself. A large table is in theC.,at back. I've been to the negro quarters. Here we are on the selvage of civilization. Minnie (a Quadroon Slave) Miss Walters. Then I will go to the Acme or Keating's or the Big Gold Bar and sit down and draw my cards and fill an inside straight and win myself a thousand dollars. Pete. O, Zoe! Paul. 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. 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. Pete. Lafouche. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. now mind. [Wahnotee*runs on, pulls down apron---seesPaul,lying on ground--- speaks to him---thinks he's shamming sleep---gesticulates and jabbers--- goes to him---moves him with feet, then kneels down to rouse him---to his horror finds him dead---expresses great grief---raises his eyes--- they fall upon the camera---rises with savage growl, seizes tomahawk and smashes camera to pieces, then goes toPaul---expresses grief, sorrow, and fondness, and takes him in his arms to carry him away.--- Tableau.*]. [Opens it.] This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. Hole yer tongues. "No. My home, my home! It's surely worth the love that dictated it; here are the papers and accounts. And we all No, you goose! what are you doing there, you young varmint! Jackson, I want to get to Ophelensis to-night. Scud. I fled; it followed. EnterLafoucheand*Jackson,L. Jackson. O, you horrible man! I know then that the boy was killed with that tomahawk---the red-skin owns it---the signs of violence are all round the shed---this apparatus smashed---ain't it plain that in a drunken fit he slew the boy, and when sober concealed the body yonder? I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. Dora. Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. [R.] Well, what's the use of argument whar guilt sticks out so plain; the boy and Injiun were alone when last seen. She is one-eighth black, the daughter of a "quadroon" slave woman, and is very. Zoe. I must see you no more. Mrs. P.But it may be years yet before it will be paid off, if ever. [Aside.] Zoe, I love you none the less; this knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I can overcome the obstacle. In a little time this darned business will blow over, and I can show again. In cash? Hi! Ten years ago the judge took as overseer a bit of Connecticut hardware called M'Closky. Scud. Yes! M'Closky. George. Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? Zoe. Ratts. George. 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. Go now, George---leave me---take her with you. To be alive is to be breathing. [Aside,C.] Insolent as usual.---[Aloud.] Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. [*Hands papers to*Mrs. Pete Hamill, The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. I'd give half the balance of my life to wipe out my part of the work. If you want a quarrel---. Hillo! Dora. Hello! Tousand dollars, Massa Thibodeaux. Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. O! Dora, oblivious to George's lack of affection for her, enlists Zoe's help to win him over. here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! Zoe. Yonder the boy still lurks with those mail-bags; the devil still keeps him here to tempt me, darn his yellow skin. 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. Thib. [Pete holds lantern up.] Why, Dora, what's the matter? Zoe. Hark! Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. Be the first to contribute! Dido. When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. [Knocks.] It's a good drink to see her come into the cotton fields---the niggers get fresh on the sight of her. The Octoroon was a controversial play on both sides of the slavery debate when it debuted, as both abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates believed the play took the other camp's side. Very bad, aunty; and the heart aches worse, so they can get no rest. Stephen King, I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. Mrs. P.O, sir, I don't value the place for its price, but for the many happy days I've spent here; that landscape, flat and uninteresting though it may be, is full of charm for me; those poor people, born around me, growing up about my heart, have bounded my view of life; and now to lose that homely scene, lose their black, ungainly faces; O, sir, perhaps you should be as old as I am, to feel as I do, when my past life is torn away from me. Point. What? Pete. I'm afraid to die; yet I am more afraid to live. yonder goes the Indian! And you killed him? [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. I'll lend you all you want. Yours, &c, James Brown." Ah, George, our race has at least one virtue---it knows how to suffer! Why you speak so wild? He didn't ought to bid against a lady. Pete. [Reads.] What's here? what are you blowing about like a steamboat with one wheel for? Well, sir, what does this Scudder do but introduces his inventions and improvements on this estate. I hope it will turn out better than most of my notions. 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*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. [Brings hammer down.] forgive your poor child. Scud. 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. O, my---my heart! Mrs. Pey. Is that you, Mr. Overseer? Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! Dora. I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. Scud. Says he'll go if I'll go with him. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Zoe. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! George. Those little flowers can live, but I cannot. Every word of it, Squire. Where am I to get it? Zoe, they shall not take you from us while I live. go on. Scene.---The Wharf, The Steamer "Magnolia" alongside,L.;a bluff rock,R.U.E. Ratts*discovered, superintending the loading of ship. [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. Scad. Come here quite; now quite. O, how d'ye do, sir? Pete. Paul. There's one name on the list of slaves scratched, I see. Well, then, what has my all-cowardly heart got to skeer me so for? George. Mr. M'Closky has bid twenty-five thousand dollars for the Octoroon. Dem debils. Nebber mind, sar, we bring good news---it won't spile for de keeping. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. That's about right. "No, ma'am, the truth seldom is.". Sunny. Pete. Paul. Why, judge, wasn't you lawyer enough to know that while a judgment stood against you it was a lien on your slaves? Be calm---darn the things; the proceeds of this sale won't cover the debts of the estate. [Looking at watch.] No---no. M'Closky. Ugh! [*Gives her coffee-pot to hold, and hobbles off, followed bySolonand*Dido,R.U.E.], Sunny. [Inside room.] If I must die, give me up to the law; but save me from the tomahawk. George. Zoe. | Sitemap |. Paul. 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. No, ma'am, I worked like an ass---an honest one, and that's all. What's the matter, Ratts? Hush! Thar's Miss Dora---that girl's in love with you; yes, sir, her eyes are startin' out of her head with it; now her fortune would redeem a good part of this estate. You want to hurt yourself. Point. O, Zoe, my child! Franco Harris, You have to let it go. this old Liverpool debt---that may cross me---if it only arrive too late---if it don't come by this mail---Hold on! Top Quadroon And Octoroon Quotes. Yes; I kept the letters, and squandered the money. You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. To "Mrs. Peyton, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States." It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama. who has been teasing you? He's going to do an heroic act; don't spile it. ], M'Closky. That's just what you must do, and do it at once, or it will be too late. No; Wahnotee is a gentle, honest creature, and remains here because he loves that boy with the tenderness of a woman. 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. Pete. Just one month ago I quitted Paris. So it is. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. What say ye? Dido. Mrs. P. No, sar; but dem vagabonds neber take de 'specable straight road, dey goes by de swamp. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? Paul has promised me a bear and a deer or two. An Octoroon is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Cut, cut the rope---I choke---choke!---Ah! Mrs. P.My dear George, you are left in your uncle's will heir to this estate. if I stop here, I shall hug her right off. Will ye? Ask the color in your face; d'ye think I can't read you, like a book? 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. Why you out in de swamp dis time ob night---you catch de fever sure---you is all wet. Paul and Wahnotee arrive back with the mailbags and play around with the camera. [Seated,R. C.] Fan me, Minnie.---[Aside.] What! You love George; you love him dearly; I know it: and you deserve to be loved by him. Is de folks head bad? He's an Injiun---fair play. Judge, you can raise the hull on mortgage---going for half its value. Jacob, your accuser is that picter of the crime---let that speak---defend yourself. you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. We got the horses saddled, and galloped down the shell road over the Piney Patch; then coasting the Bayou Lake, we crossed the long swamps, by Paul's Path, and so came home again. But don't mount to nuffin---kin work cannel. burn! Scud. A mistake, sar---forty-six. Hi! Scud. But now that vagrant love is---eh? He has a strange way of showing it. I arrived just too late, he had grabbed the prize as I came up. Here's the Picayune [producing paper] with the advertisement. Come, Judge, pick up. he is here. Go and try it, if you've a mind to. Mrs. Claiborne Miss Clinton. if you cannot be mine, O, let me not blush when I think of you. Zoe, you are suffering---your lips are white---your cheeks are flushed. Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. [*With-draws slide, turns and sees*Paul.] See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks 49, Paul, a quadroon boy, aged thirteen. *] What a good creature she is. Ratts. Yes, we do, ma'am; it's in a darned bad condition. No, no! Mr. George is in love with Zoe. But the creditors will not claim the gal? He plans to buy her and make her his mistress. Bless'ee, Missey Zoe, here it be. Go outside, there; listen to what you hear, then go down to the quarters and tell the boys, for I can't do it. O, that's it, is it? D'ye hear that, Jacob? Pete. [A pause.] 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. Synopsis. Hillo! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Something forcing its way through the undergrowth---it comes this way---it's either a bear or a runaway nigger. "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). Impossible; you have seen no one; whom can you mean? Wahnotee? Make an argument for each side of the slavery argument here, analyzing how the play could be read as both anti- and pro-slavery. Point. Ratts. They owed him over fifty thousand dollars. [Throws mail bags down and sits on them,L. C.] Pret, now den go. *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. Scud. Top, sar! Scud. Terrebonne is yours. I don't care, they were blue this morning, but it don't signify now. The house of Mason Brothers, of Liverpool, failed some twenty years ago in my husband's debt. George. You gib me rattan, Mas'r Clostry, but I guess you take a berry long stick to Wahnotee; ugh, he make bacon of you. *, M'Olosky. M'Closky. Calm as a tombstone, and with about as much life. yes, plenty of 'em; bill of costs; account with Citizens' Bank---what's this? and my master---O! Jackson. Ratts. A photographic plate. Five hundred bid---it's a good price. They have realized that Paul is missing, and most believe him dead. Stop! George, dear George, do you love me? Share with your friends. The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' | About Us No; if you were I'd buy you, if you cost all I'm worth. What's dat? Dido. [R.U.E.] I was raised on dis yar plantation---neber see no door in it---always open, sar, for stranger to walk in. Don't do nuffin. [Outside,R.] Whar's Missus---whar's Mas'r George? I could not do it. 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. Point. Mrs. P.Poor child! George. De time he gone just 'bout enough to cook dat dish plate. Ho! 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. Lafouche. Do you know what the niggers round here call that sight? George R R Martin. Pointdexter*mounts the table with his hammer, his Clerk sits at his feet. I will, quicker than lightning. You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. She didn't mind how kind old judge was to her; and Solon, too, he'll holler, and break de ole lady's heart. Hold on! Mrs. Peyton, George Peyton, Terrebonne is yours. George. A julep, gal, that's my breakfast, and a bit of cheese. This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. Scud. ], Pete. Zoe. Curse their old families---they cut me---a bilious, conceited, thin lot of dried up aristocracy. Scud. [Aside.] George. What's de use of your takin' it kind, and comfortin' de missus heart, if Minnie dere, and Louise, and Marie, and Julie is to spile it? Dora. Scud. . Liverpool post mark. Dora. M'Closky. Guess they nebber was born---dem tings! Solon. laws a massey! Hillo! [Rising.] Pete. Give us evidence. George. Dora. I hate 'em. That boy and the Indian have gone down to the landing for the post-bags; they'll idle on the way as usual; my mare will take me across the swamp, and before they can reach the shed, I'll have purified them bags---ne'er a letter shall show this mail. Scud. Zoe, will you remain here? Peyton.] Don't be afraid; it ain't going for that, Judge. M'Closky. M'Closky. My love! PART ONE: The estate of Terrebonne, in Louisiana, had been heavily mortgaged by the owner, Judge Payton, who, when he died, left the estate to his brother's widow and her son George, making Mrs. Peyton the guardian of Zoe, his natural daughter by a quadroon. This lynch law is a wild and lawless proceeding. Now I'm ready. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? [Music. Will you forgive me? Mrs. P.[R.] No, George; your uncle said to me with his dying breath, "Nellie, never leave Terrebonne," and I never will leave it, till the law compels me. I saw the mail-bags lying in the shed this morning. Darn that girl; she makes me quiver when I think of her; she's took me for all I'm worth. For what I have done, let me be tried. Work, Zoe, is the salt that gives savor to life. TheNegromounts the table from behind*C.The Company sit. At college they said I was a fool---I must be. [Sits down.] How can she then ask her father to free me? you seen dem big tears in his eyes. Scud. Come, Paul, are you ready? [Sits,R.] Look thar! M'Closky. [Examines the ground.] He said so. Top a bit! It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. If he caught the fever, were stung by a snake, or possessed of any other poisonous or unclean thing, you could pity, tend, love him through it, and for your gentle care he would love you in return. Guess that you didn't leave anything female in Europe that can lift an eyelash beside that gal. [Sits,R.], Dora. Alas! Back at Terrebonne, Zoe returns but with a sad heart, as she knows that she and George can never be together. [Scudder*takes out watch.*]. Ha! M'Closky. I'll put the naughty parts in French. 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. I'm on you like a painter, and when I'm drawed out I'm pizin. Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. In comparison, a quadroon would have one quarter African ancestry and a mulatto for the most part has historically implied half African ancestry. M'Closky. Excuse me ladies. [Shows plate. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. 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. Mrs. P.No wonder! I shall do so if you weep. O, you wanted evidence---you called for proof---Heaven has answered and convicted you. 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. Point. Two hundred and forty-nine times! I want you to buy Terrebonne. Salem Scudder, a kind Yankee, was Judge Peyton's business partner; though he wishes he could save Terrebonne, he has no money. Paul. You are a white man; you'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin? The last word, an important colloquialism, was misread by the typesetter of the play. Happy to read and share the best inspirational Boucicault The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. Improvements---anything, from a stay-lace to a fire-engine. Weenee Paul. Born here---dem darkies? M'Closky. Hello! Top, you varmin! Then I will go to the Red Light or the Monte Carlo and dance the floor afire. Scud. Yes, ma'am, I hold a mortgage over Terrebonne; mine's a ninth, and pretty near covers all the property, except the slaves. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. 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. [Raising his voice.] [Cry of "fire" heard---Engine bells heard---steam whistle noise.]. [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. What was her past? Zoe. [M'Closky*lowers his hand. You nasty, lying Injiun! Pete. Hello! Scud. 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! I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. Why should I refer the blame to her? Well, that has come out clear, ain't it? What, on Terrebonne? If even Asian women saw the men of their own blood as less than other men, what was the use in arguing otherwise? 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. When I travelled round with this machine, the homely folks used to sing out, "Hillo, mister, this ain't like me!" [Draws pistol---M'Closky*rushes on and falls atScudder'sfeet.*]. Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. I shall never understand how to wound the feelings of any lady; and, if that is the custom here, I shall never acquire it. Don't b'lieve it, Mas'r George; dem black tings never was born at all; dey swarmed one mornin' on a sassafras tree in the swamp: I cotched 'em; dey ain't no 'count. This old nigger, the grandfather of the boy you murdered, speaks for you---don't that go through you? Scud. 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. 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