Thank'ye. Dora. The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. Stop; this would. The child---'tis he! Top, sar! Well, what d'ye say, Lafouche---d'ye smile? You're trembling so, you'll fall down directly. It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. Then I'd like to hire a lady to go to auction and buy my hands. [Putting it on the table,R. C.]. 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. Dat's right, missus! | About Us Dora. Scud. Franco Harris, You have to let it go. [Darts between them.] It wants an hour yet to daylight---here is Pete's hut---[Knocks.] Poor little Paul---poor little nigger! Listen to me. Scud. I thought I heard the sound of a paddle in the water. Paul. I guess he ain't left home yet, Colonel. Zoe. Hello!
Let him answer for the boy, then. He can fight though he's a painter; claws all over. He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. Lynch him! He said so. See also Be calm---darn the things; the proceeds of this sale won't cover the debts of the estate. George. Ratts. can you smile at this moment? What was her past? Ya! 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. If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like. [Pours out.] Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Lafouche. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. but the deed that freed you was not lawful. Jacob M'Closky, you shan't have that girl. You got four of dem dishes ready. Brightness will return amongst you. How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya---eh? Look there. Sunny. 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. There's no chance of it. No, Pete; no, I won't. Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory. My home, my home! [Brings hammer down.]
Mrs. P.Zoe, dear, I'm glad to see you more calm this morning. But dis ain't all. Closky tue Paul---kill de child with your tomahawk dar; 'twasn't you, no---ole Pete allus say so. Paul! M'Closky. Just turn your face a leetle this way---fix your---let's see---look here. Pete. 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. Jacob M'Closky, 'twas you murdered that boy! I don't care, they were blue this morning, but it don't signify now. No; but you, aunty, you are wise---you know every plant, don't you, and what it is good for? Point. An Octoroon is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. In comparison, a quadroon would have one quarter African ancestry and a mulatto for the most part has historically implied half African ancestry. Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. That's just what you must do, and do it at once, or it will be too late. The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. Minnie, fan me, it is so nice---and his clothes are French, ain't they? 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! 'Top; you look, you Wahnotee; you see dis rag, eh? If even Asian women saw the men of their own blood as less than other men, what was the use in arguing otherwise? The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' I'd cut my throat---or yours---yours I'd prefer. Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. I shall knock it down to the Squire---going---gone---for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. I saw the mail-bags lying in the shed this morning. George. Well---I didn't mean to kill him, did I? Ugh' ach! O! ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. [*Enter*George,C.] Ah! Make an argument for each side of the slavery argument here, analyzing how the play could be read as both anti- and pro-slavery. What, you won't, won't ye? O, no; Mas'r Scudder, don't leave Mas'r Closky like dat---don't, sa---'tain't what good Christian should do. M'Closky. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Is the prisoner guilty, or is he not guilty? Where are they? I bid seven thousand, which is the last dollar this family possesses. must I learn from these poor wretches how much I owed, how I ought to pay the debt? O! Pete. Stealing a lantern, he sets fire to the steamship that had the slaves on board. Excuse me ladies. Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? Paul. [R.] Then why don't you buy it yourself, Colonel? Mrs. P.Sellyourself, George! It won't do! Hush! Now don't stir. Dido. Jacob, your accuser is that picter of the crime---let that speak---defend yourself. Zoe. Between us we've ruined these Peytons; you fired the judge, and I finished off the widow. Here, stay! Dora. M'Closky. I'll trouble you for that piece of baccy, Judge---thank you---so, gentlemen, as life is short, we'll start right off. and my master---O! No, [looks off,R.] 'tis Pete and the servants---they come this way. O, Zoe! 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. Yah! The last word, an important colloquialism, was misread by the typesetter of the play. I didn't know whether they are completely honest. How the flames crack. Ratts. Pete. Are they? Zoe. Point. I give him back the liberty he bestowed upon me; for I can never repay him the love he bore his poor Octoroon child, on whose breast his last sigh was drawn, into whose eyes he looked with the last gaze of affection. Zoe, will you remain here? [Draws knife.] 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. The apparatus can't mistake. Dora. Zoe!---she faints! [Wahnotee*raises apron and runs off,*L.U.E.Paul*sits for his picture---M'Closkyappears from*R.U.E.]. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. Mrs. P.And you hesitated from motives of delicacy? 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. 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. I shrunk from it and fled. Point. You got dat bottle of rum hid under your blanket---gib it up now, you---Yar! [Looks through camera] O, golly! that's right. [Scandalized.] Scud. Scud. Why you out in de swamp dis time ob night---you catch de fever sure---you is all wet. Pete. This is folly, Dora. Sunny. Yes, missus. Zoe. M'Closky. 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. You don't come here to take life easy. Come, the hour is past. M'Closky. Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? George. How are we sure the boy is dead at all? Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. What's the matter, Ratts? No; the hitching line was cut with a knife. You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. Ugh! Tullian Tchividjian. And all for the sake of that old woman and that young puppy---eh? D'ye hear it---nearer---nearer---ah! In cash? [George*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. He's yours, Mr. George Peyton. Scud. You heard him say it was hopeless. You know you can't be jealous of a poor creature like me. Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. 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! Ratts. [Examines the ground.] Darn ye! No, no---life is good for young ting like you. What was her name? I'll put the naughty parts in French. With them around us, if we have not wealth, we shall at least have the home that they alone can make---. It carried that easy on mortgage. 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! | Privacy Policy 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. O, forgive him and me! So! Ah! Didn't I? Says he'll go if I'll go with him. Zoe. "Sign that," says the overseer; "it's only a formality." Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. EnterPete,R.U.E. [he is lame]; he carries a mop and pail. Scud. "When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. No; Wahnotee is a gentle, honest creature, and remains here because he loves that boy with the tenderness of a woman. (p. 221) Daniel J. Siegel. Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. [Raising his voice.] [Aside to Zoe.] Scud. Zoe. And what shall I say? if this is so, she's mine! No, no! *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. Jackson, I want to get to Ophelensis to-night. Make bacon of me, you young whelp. You want to hurt yourself. Will she gladly see you wedded to the child of her husband's slave? Mas'r Ratts, you hard him sing about de place where de good niggers go, de last time. Point. Dam dat Injiun! 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 a find! 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? Dora. The more bidders, the better for you. [To Jackson.] Ratts. George. no violence---the critter don't know what we mean. Mrs. P.Terrebonne for sale, and you, sir, will doubtless become its purchaser. 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!". Here she is---Zoe!---water---she faints. And twenty thousand bid. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. Scud. [Raises hand to back of his neck.] M'Closky. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. Denora Boone, Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. 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. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. Zoe. George R R Martin. You are right, sir; though I shrank from expressing that opinion in her presence, so bluntly. Why not! Mrs. P.[Embracing him.] my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? 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. If it don't stain de cup, your wicked ole life's in danger, sure! George, O, forgive me! Be the first to contribute! O, you horrible man! [Draws pistol---M'Closky*rushes on and falls atScudder'sfeet.*]. Mr. George is in love with Zoe. Scud. M'Closky. Boucicault's manuscript actually reads "Indian, French and 'Merican." Scud. He is said to have "combined sentiment, wit and local colour with sensational and spectacular endings" (Nova). See Injiun; look dar [shows him plate], see dat innocent: look, dar's de murderer of poor Paul. Yes, for I'd rather be black than ungrateful! Scud. a slave! gib it to ole Pete! Scud. What say ye? Ratts. Gen'l'men, my colored frens and ladies, dar's mighty bad news gone round. [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.*]. look sar! M'Closky hates Scudder in return, especially because they both love Zoe, Mr. Peyton's "octoroon" daughter, Zoe. He is incapable of any but sincere and pure feelings---so are you. [Dora*gets water.] Zoe. [Examines paper.]. Born here---dem darkies? Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. *] Whenever I gets into company like yours, I always start with the advantage on my side. Let her pass! Shan't I! Hi! ExitScudderandPete,R.1. That Indian is a nuisance. Zoe. Then, if they go, they'll take Zoe---she'll follow them. [*To*Wahnotee.] So it went, till one day the judge found the tap wouldn't run. Hillo! I can go no farther. Ratts.
George, leave me! The judge drew money like Bourbon whiskey from a barrel, and never turned off the tap. yonder goes the Indian! O, Mr. Scudder! Guess it kill a dozen---nebber try. Mrs. P.The child was a favorite of the judge, who encouraged his gambols. Scud. Scud. Nebber supply no more, sar---nebber dance again. This old nigger, the grandfather of the boy you murdered, speaks for you---don't that go through you? Pete. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. Pete. Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. Scud. [*Exit*Mrs. Peyton*and*George,L.U.E.] A slave! Zoe. Fifty against one! how sad she looks now she has no resource. Bless'ee, Missey Zoe, here it be. No, it ain't; because, just then, what does the judge do, but hire another overseer---a Yankee---a Yankee named Salem Scudder. Paul. Come, Zoe, don't be a fool; I'd marry you if I could, but you know I can't; so just say what you want. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? Dora. Scud. Paul has promised me a bear and a deer or two. O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? 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. Bah! Take that, and defend yourself. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. In some form, human, or wild beast, or ghost, it has tracked me through the night. 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. Hush! *EnterPete, Grace, Minnie, Solon, Dido,and all*Niggers,R.U.E. Pete. Back at Terrebonne, Zoe returns but with a sad heart, as she knows that she and George can never be together. 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. Lafouche. [Indignantly.] 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. Dido. Scud. George reluctantly agrees. 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. Scud. One thousand bid. No---in kind---that is, in protection, forbearance, gentleness; in all them goods that show the critters the difference between the Christian and the savage. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. M'Closky. he is here. M'Closky. McClosky has proved that Judge Peyton did not succeed in legally freeing her, as he had meant to do. For the first time, twenty-five thousand---last time! George. Do you mean that I'm a pig? I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? Fire!---one, two, three. Mrs. P.I fear that the property is so involved that the strictest economy will scarcely recover it. Scene.---The Wharf, The Steamer "Magnolia" alongside,L.;a bluff rock,R.U.E. Ratts*discovered, superintending the loading of ship. Down with 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. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! My love! Mrs. Claiborne Miss Clinton. What, sar? Who is it? Then, if I sink every dollar I'm worth in her purchase, I'll own that Octoroon. Whoever said so lied. Jackson. Scud. [Wahnotee*sits*L.,rolled in blanket.]. Daisaku Ikeda Culture is like the current of the ocean. Point. Zoe. If he stirs, I'll put a bullet through his skull, mighty quick. M'Closky. You can protect me from that man---do let me die without pain. Dora. I believe Mr. M'Closky has a bill of sale on them. Here we are on the selvage of civilization. I felt it---and how she can love! He's going to do an heroic act; don't spile it. 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. I am free! Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is---the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!---[Opens letter---reads.] they call it the Yankee hugging the Creole. ha---git out! Well, he lived in New York by sittin' with his heels up in front of French's Hotel, and inventin'---. the bags are mine---now for it!---[Opens mail-bags.] Top Quadroon And Octoroon Quotes. Now fix yourself. As they exit,M'Closkyrises from behind rock,R.,*and looks after them. 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. He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. Lafouche. Twelve thousand. Hold quiet, you trash o' niggers! Jodie Sweetin, Come down and eat chicken with me beautiful. The earth has been stirred here lately. [Draws revolver.] now mind. save me! Point. Come on, Pete, we shan't reach the house before midday. Mrs. P.[L. C.] My nephew is not acquainted with our customs in Louisiana, but he will soon understand. Paying the iron price. yar, you Wahnotee! They don't seem to be scared by the threat. I will! Farewell, Dora. That's enough. Come, form a court then, choose a jury---we'll fix this varmin. Point. Point. Yes, Mas'r George, dey was born here; and old Pete is fonder on 'em dan he is of his fiddle on a Sunday. You'se a dead man, Mas'r Clusky---you got to b'lieve dat. O, golly! What's come ob de child? Laws, mussey! 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. Solon. 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. I---my mother was---no, no---not her! 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