Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. my dear, dear father! The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. Be the first to contribute! [Takes out his knife. Now, I feel bad about my share in the business. McClosky, however, outbids her for Zoe; George is restrained from attacking him by his friends. Impossible; you have seen no one; whom can you mean? Why, Dora, what's the matter? Now, Mr. George, between the two overseers, you and that good old lady have come to the ground; that is the state of things, just as near as I can fix it. How dar you say dat, you black nigger, you? Scud. Go now, George---leave me---take her with you. Ya! We'll hire out our slaves, and live on their wages. Because I heard that you had traduced my character. *, M'Olosky. Go on, Colonel---Colonel Pointdexter, ma'am---the mortgagee, auctioneer, and general agent. I mean that before you could draw that bowie-knife, you wear down your back, I'd cut you into shingles. thank you. Ratts. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. I only come back to find Wahnotee; whar is dat ign'ant Ingiun? Stealing a lantern, he sets fire to the steamship that had the slaves on board. "No. but the deed that freed you was not lawful. 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. You will not give me to that man? O, my husband! My father gives me freedom---at least he thought so. O, you horrible man! Why you speak so wild? that he isn't to go on fooling in his slow---. You see how easily I have become reconciled to my fate---so it will be with you. Why, I was dreaming---curse it! and my master---O! Dido. [*To*Wahnotee.] Zoe, you are suffering---your lips are white---your cheeks are flushed. Scud. Mrs. P.O, George,---my son, let me call you,---I do not speak for my own sake, nor for the loss of the estate, but for the poor people here; they will be sold, divided, and taken away---they have been born here. Scud. A draft for eighty-five thousand dollars, and credit on Palisse and Co., of New Orleans, for the balance. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. M'Closky. [Examines paper.]. The child---'tis he! Has not my dear aunt forgotten it---she who had the most right to remember it? ], Pete. M'Closky. for, darn me, if I can find out. Mr. George, I am afraid, if all we hear is true, you have led a dreadful life in Europe. [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. Pete. now mind. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring What a find! All Rights Reserved. Jacob, your accuser is that picter of the crime---let that speak---defend yourself. Why, judge, wasn't you lawyer enough to know that while a judgment stood against you it was a lien on your slaves? Yes, we do, ma'am; it's in a darned bad condition. 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. He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. Poor child! Now, den, if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold, she'll begin screechin' like a cat. Born here! Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. George. Point. Scud. M'Closky. No, [looks off,R.] 'tis Pete and the servants---they come this way. It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. Ten years ago the judge took as overseer a bit of Connecticut hardware called M'Closky. Tullian Tchividjian. Minnie (a Quadroon Slave) Miss Walters. If it was the ghost of that murdered boy haunting me! Pete. George. Then, if they go, they'll take Zoe---she'll follow them. Scudder insists that they hold a trial, and the men search for evidence. Just turn your face a leetle this way---fix your---let's see---look here. Scud. When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. Scud. Dora. Dora. George. Pete. Darn that girl; she makes me quiver when I think of her; she's took me for all I'm worth. Mrs. Pey. Point. [Draws pistol---M'Closky*rushes on and falls atScudder'sfeet.*]. Scud. With them around us, if we have not wealth, we shall at least have the home that they alone can make---. George. [ExitMrs. PeytonandSunnysideto house. And I remained here to induce you to offer that heart to Dora! | Sitemap |. Well, he gone dar hisself; why, I tink so---'cause we missed Paul for some days, but nebber tout nothin' till one night dat Injiun Wahnotee suddenly stood right dar 'mongst us---was in his war paint, and mighty cold and grave---he sit down by de fire. [Calling at door.] Wahnotee? Are you ready? O, get out. It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama. Scud. Hillo! Hillo, darkey, hand me a smash dar. here's Mas'r Sunnyside, and Missey Dora, jist drov up. My love! Zoe. dem tings---dem?---getaway [*makes blow at the*Children.] Zoe. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. ha---git out! Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. Zoe. I want Pete here a minute. Zoe. [M'Closky*lowers his hand. Minnie, fan me, it is so nice---and his clothes are French, ain't they? he's allers in for it. Pointdexter*mounts the table with his hammer, his Clerk sits at his feet. Dora. "All right," says the judge, and away went a thousand acres; so at the end of eight years, Jacob M'Closky, Esquire, finds himself proprietor of the richest half of Terrebonne---. yonder goes the Indian! laws a massey! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Scud. Pete. Zoe. Here's a pictur' for a civilized community to afford; yonder, a poor, ignorant savage, and round him a circle of hearts, white with revenge and hate, thirsting for his blood; you call yourselves judges---you ain't---you're a jury of executioners. Pete. Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. M'Closky. Dido. What, Mr. Ratts, are you going to invest in swamps? He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. Be the first to contribute! Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. Ratts. Traduced! Point. Yes, missus. [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.*]. No; but you, aunty, you are wise---you know every plant, don't you, and what it is good for? Beat that any of ye. Scud. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. Essay Topics. Irish - Dramatist December 26, 1822 - September 18, 1890. ExitScudderandPete,R.1. You're a man as well as an auctioneer, ain't ye? O! Nothing; but you must learn what I thought you already knew. Scud. Top a bit! "No, ma'am, the truth seldom is.". M'Closky. [*Exit*Mrs. Peyton*and*George,L.U.E.] A slave! Hole yer tongue, Dido. Ratts. O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? George. Paul. If you bid me do so I will obey you---. I'll gib it you! I'll see you round the estate. M'Closky. Pete. O, that's it, is it? "A fine, well-built old family mansion, replete with every comfort.". I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! George. All right, Judge; I thought there was a mistake. Silence in the court; stand back, let the gentlemen of the jury retire, consult, and return their verdict. Stand around and let me pass---room thar! Zoe. Scud. no violence---the critter don't know what we mean. No; not you---George. Act II Summary. Dora. [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] See also (p. 221) Daniel J. Siegel. [During the dialogueWahnoteehas takenGeorge'sgun. Hush! The judge didn't understand accounts---the overseer did. Dora. M'Closky. He loves me---what of that? Wahnotee tracks him down and confronts him; in the ensuing struggle, Wahnotee kills McClosky. Scud. [Eagerly.] Whar's breakfass? He's going to do an heroic act; don't spile it. | About Us [Putting it on the table,R. C.]. Aunt, I am prouder and happier to be your nephew and heir to the ruins of Terrebonne, than I would have been to have had half Louisiana without you. Hold on! Mas'r Ratts, you hard him sing about de place where de good niggers go, de last time. Evidence! No; if you were I'd buy you, if you cost all I'm worth. she will har you. . Scud. Haven't you worked like a horse? 49, Paul, a quadroon boy, aged thirteen. Away with him---put him down the aft hatch, till we rig his funeral. European, I suppose. *EnterPete, Grace, Minnie, Solon, Dido,and all*Niggers,R.U.E. Pete. George. Pete Hamill, The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. Scud. As they exit,M'Closkyrises from behind rock,R.,*and looks after them. Let him answer for the boy, then. [They approach again.]. No, Injiun; we deal out justice here, not revenge. Well, ma'am, I spose there's no law agin my bidding for it. M'Closky. Since this letter would allow Mrs. Peyton to avoid selling Terrebonne, McClosky kills Paul and takes the letter. 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. M'Closky. [falls on her knees, with her face in her hands] no---no master, but one. You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. Top, sar! [Cry of "fire" heard---Engine bells heard---steam whistle noise.]. Captain, you've loaded up here until the boat is sunk so deep in the mud she won't float. M'Closky. I hope I'm not intruding. Ratts. Mrs. P.The child was a favorite of the judge, who encouraged his gambols. Hold on a bit. Dora. Now, gentlemen, we shall proceed to business. Zoe, you are young; your mirror must have told you that you are beautiful. They don't seem to be scared by the threat. You gib me rattan, Mas'r Clostry, but I guess you take a berry long stick to Wahnotee; ugh, he make bacon of you. You love George; you love him dearly; I know it: and you deserve to be loved by him. 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. look sar! Pete. [Shakes hands withGeorge.] 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. side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. how sad she looks now she has no resource. Mr. Lafouche, why, how do you do, sir? M'Closky. Come, Mr. Thibodeaux, a man has a chance once in his life---here's yours. Fire!---one, two, three. O, my father! No---no. This blow has staggered me some. If you haven't spoiled her, I fear I have. Jackson. [Who has been looking about the camera.] Zoe. [Tableaux.]. Scud. EnterPete,with lantern, andScudder,with note book,R. Scud. Dora said you were slow; if she could hear you now---. Ah! By ten I was playing competitively. What's the matter, Ratts? M'Closky. I think we may begin business. Here, you tell it, since you know it. tink anybody wants you to cry? O, here, do you know what annuity the old judge left you is worth to-day? Yes; No. When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. 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. war's de crowd gone? It is certain, madam; the judge was negligent, and doubtless forgot this small formality. Is there any other bid? Come, cheer up, old friend. Look in my eyes; is not the same color in the white? What was this here Scudder? Bless his dear old handwriting, it's all I ever saw of him. I have come to say good-by, sir; two hard words---so hard, they might break many a heart; mightn't they? I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? things have got so jammed in on top of us, we ain't got time to put kid gloves on to handle them. Ask the color in your face; d'ye think I can't read you, like a book? [Draws knife.] Paul and Wahnotee arrive back with the mailbags and play around with the camera. [Re-enters from boat.] here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! "No. 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---. I thought none but colored people worked. Pete. Now don't stir. Ha! We are catching fire forward; quick, set free from the shore. [George*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. Sorry I can't return the compliment. This lynch law is a wild and lawless proceeding. He didn't ought to bid against a lady. Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Getting Started | Contributor Zone I do, but I can't do it. Zoe, he's going; I want him to stay and make love to me that's what I came for to-day. then I shall be sold!---sold! Mrs. P.Read, George. Mrs. P.No wonder! M'Closky. Down with him! Well, you wrong me. I must be going---it is late. Zoe. I feel so big with joy, creation ain't wide enough to hold me. 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? You be darned! Mr. George is in love with Zoe. Daisaku Ikeda Culture is like the current of the ocean. Just one month ago I quitted Paris. You've made me cry, then, and I hate you both! M'Closky. I've been to the negro quarters. Then, as I knelt there, weeping for courage, a snake rattled beside me. 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. Ratts. What's dat? Pete. Ho! Let me be sold then, that I may free his name. [GoesR.,*and looks atWahnotee,L.,through the camera;Wahnoteesprings back with an expression of alarm.*]. Dora, I once made you weep; those were the only tears I caused any body. Hugh vieu. 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. Aunt, when he died, two years ago, I read over those letters of his, and if I didn't cry like a baby---. Zoe. George R R Martin. Zoe. You begged me to call this morning. You made her life too happy, and now these tears will be. Ratts. Well, sir, what does this Scudder do but introduces his inventions and improvements on this estate. E.---Wahnotefollows him.---Screams outside. Dora. 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. How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya---eh? yar, you Wahnotee! | Contact Us After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. M'Closky. He said I want a nigger. [Throws mail bags down and sits on them,L. C.] Pret, now den go. No, I hesitated because an attachment I had formed before I had the pleasure of seeing you had not altogether died out. [Sees tomahawk in Wahnotee's belt---draws it out and examines it.] [Draws revolver.] Make bacon of me, you young whelp. So I came here to you; to you, my own dear nurse; to you, who so often hushed me to sleep when I was a child; who dried my eyes and put your little Zoe to rest. ", Pete. [Rising.] The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. Scud. Dar, do ye hear dat, ye mis'able darkies, dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is. I can't introduce any darned improvement there. Let me proceed by illustration. I was up before daylight. ah! So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. I left my loves and my creditors equally inconsolable. Mrs. P.You are out early this morning, George. But what do we pay for that possession? [Aside.] We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. Ten miles we've had to walk, because some blamed varmin onhitched our dug-out. That's Solon's wife and children, Judge. You nasty, lying Injiun! Sharon Gannon. *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. Dora, you are right. The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings Happy to read and share the best inspirational The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. ], Scud. 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