this is worth taking to---in this desk the judge used to keep one paper I want---this should be it. I'll bear it. Down with him! Zoe. Scud. 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. It makes my blood so hot I feel my heart hiss. Share with your friends. [Draws revolver.] No, sar; but dem vagabonds neber take de 'specable straight road, dey goes by de swamp. 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. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. McClosky has proved that Judge Peyton did not succeed in legally freeing her, as he had meant to do. Dido. The Octoroon is appropriately considered a sensation drama, though it received the label retrospectively. George. If that old nigger ain't asleep, I'm blamed. Mrs. P.I cannot find the entry in my husband's accounts; but you, Mr. M'Closky, can doubtless detect it. M'Closky. When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. [Music. Let her pass! The devil I am! Do you want me to stop here and bid for it? Hey! ", Zoe. Yah! O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. how sad she looks now she has no resource. He has a strange way of showing it. He loves Zoe, and has found out that she loves him. Scud. Stop, Zoe; come here! Point. Important Quotes. George. Squire Sunnyside is going to sell this at fifty thousand advance to-morrow.---[Looks round.] forgive your poor child. Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? Pete, as you came here, did you pass Paul and the Indian with the letter-bags? clar out! An Octoroon is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Didn't I? Sunnyside, how good you are; so like my poor Peyton. Zoe. Scud. Mrs. P.But it may be years yet before it will be paid off, if ever. Whar's breakfass? The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. M'Closky. 'Tain't you he has injured, 'tis the white man, whose laws he has offended. 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. 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. Top Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. What's this? [Goes up.]. Scud. Yes! Who's you to set up screching?---be quiet! What, on Terrebonne! Scud. *EnterMrs. PeytonandScudder, M'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R. M'Closky. Lafouche. Dar, do ye hear dat, ye mis'able darkies, dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is. Wahnotee tracks him down and confronts him; in the ensuing struggle, Wahnotee kills McClosky. I'll gib it you! O, Zoe! Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. No; not you---George. Hold on, now! Zoe!---she faints! Zoe. don't think too hardly of your poor father. Lafouche. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. ah! Come here quite; now quite. George. M'Closky. M'Closky. Scud. 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. Now don't stir. Is the prisoner guilty, or is he not guilty? Why don't he return to his nation out West? M'Closky. It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. Dora, you are right. Hold on, Jacob, I'm coming to that---I tell ye, I'm such a fool---I can't bear the feeling, it keeps at me like a skin complaint, and if this family is sold up---. [ToMrs. Poor Injiun lub our little Paul. 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. [*Aside to*Mrs. When the ship's abroad on the ocean, when the army is before the enemy where in thunder's the law? Yes, for I'd rather be black than ungrateful! 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. In a word, I have seen and admired you! Peyton.] If you want a quarrel---. [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. George. This New York Times article cautions its readers against jumping to conclusions about Boucicault's intentions in the writing of the play and downplays . Be the first to contribute! Den say de missus, "'Tain't for de land I keer, but for dem poor niggars---dey'll be sold---dat wot stagger me." George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. EnterPete,with lantern, andScudder,with note book,R. Scud. [Looking at watch.] Pete Hamill, The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. M'Closky. Extremely popular, the play was kept running continuously for years by seven road companies. Ratts. George. stan' round thar! Scud. George. faded---is it not? Sunny. They don't seem to be scared by the threat. Dora! Paul. Zoe, bring here the judge's old desk; it is in the library. burn! Gustave Flaubert, Not that anyone short of God Almighty could have gotten Marcus Senior to rest and take it easy. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! [Seizing a fly whisk.] Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. Fifty against one! The child---'tis he! Paul. Ratts. Pete, speak to the red-skin. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Let me hide them till I teach my heart. Don't b'lieve it, Mas'r George,---no. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Cora, educated in Britain, returns to her fathers plantation in Louisiana to explore the truth about her mother's. Tableaux.*. I've got hold of the tail of a rat---come out. So it went, till one day the judge found the tap wouldn't run. I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? George. 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. why were you not my son---you are so like my dear husband. He's an Injiun---fair play. Scud. [Zoe*helps her. Well, you wrong me. Something forcing its way through the undergrowth---it comes this way---it's either a bear or a runaway nigger. I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. Top, sar! Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. Zoe. Mr. George, I am afraid, if all we hear is true, you have led a dreadful life in Europe. that you will not throw me from you like a poisoned thing! Go on, Colonel. Don't be afraid; it ain't going for that, Judge. Now, take care what you do. Save me---save me! Mr. Lafouche, why, how do you do, sir? Zoe. Do you know what I am? The Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Menu Edit The Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. I feel that I departed amid universal and sincere regret. ", Pete. The judge drew money like Bourbon whiskey from a barrel, and never turned off the tap. Mrs. P.Hospitality in Europe is a courtesy; here, it is an obligation. Mrs. P.You are out early this morning, George. Zoe. [Conceals himself.]. She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. You are a white man; you'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin? Dora. George. Where is Mr. Scudder? Well, that has come out clear, ain't it? *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. Zoe, will you remain here? 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. This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. [Makes sign thatPaulwas killed by a blow on the head.]. Why, judge, wasn't you lawyer enough to know that while a judgment stood against you it was a lien on your slaves? Ya! The Octoroon or The Lily of Louisiana is a dark tale of crime, race and slavery. 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. Paul. M'Closky. Scud. look sar! 'Cos I's skeered to try! She refuses, but Zoe steals the bottle from her anyway and runs off. That's just what you must do, and do it at once, or it will be too late. I would be alone a little while. [Dies.---George*lowers her head gently.---Kneels.---Others form picture. Ah! Let me proceed by illustration. Zoe. *, M'Olosky. Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. Weenee Paul. *EnterPete, Dido, Solon, Minnie,and*Grace. [Aside.] Point. [Rises.] 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. Scud. there's that noise again! yes, plenty of 'em; bill of costs; account with Citizens' Bank---what's this? Dido. the rat's out. look here, these Peytons are bust; cut 'em; I am rich, jine me; I'll set you up grand, and we'll give these first families here our dust, until you'll see their white skins shrivel up with hate and rage; what d'ye say? Scud. *EnterThibodeauxand*Sunnyside,R.U.E. Thibo. 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. Sign that receipt, captain, and save me going up to the clerk. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring A mistake, sar---forty-six. "No. Grace. Why, with principal and interest this debt has been more than doubled in twenty years. Art becomes art only when it's shared with others. ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. You don't expect to recover any of this old debt, do you? [*Goes*L.] Paul reste el! Wal, as it consarns you, perhaps you better had. there again!---no; it was only the wind over the canes. Peyton.] The Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault that opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. Look there. good, good nurse: you will, you will. [*Exit*Mrs. Peyton*and*George,L.U.E.] A slave! M'Closky. Race or not, it's a story about . *] Now, give it to me. [L.] Mr. George, I'm going to say somethin' that has been chokin' me for some time. M'Closky. Yes; I kept the letters, and squandered the money. Zoe. 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. Yah! I the sharer of your sorrows---your wife. Scud. 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. McClosky desires Zoe for himself, and when she rejects his proposition, he plots to have her sold with the rest of the slaves, for he knows that she is an octoroon and is legally part of the Terrebonne property. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become. Dido. Zoe. Jackson. here are marks of blood---look thar, red-skin, what's that? Now fix yourself. And what shall I say? Dora. Scud. Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. 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. Pete. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Be calm---darn the things; the proceeds of this sale won't cover the debts of the estate. O, get out. [*To*Ratts.] Scud. Squire Sunnyside, you've got a pretty bit o' land, Squire. [They get on table.]. Thank'ye. To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. An extremely beautiful young slave girl, who is treated like a member of the family, Zoe is kind, generous, and adored by every man who lays eyes on her. Dora, I once made you weep; those were the only tears I caused any body. 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