Dora. Zoe. Dora! clar out! Mrs. Pey. | Sitemap |. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Getting Started | Contributor Zone It's going up dar, whar dere's no line atween folks. Very bad, aunty; and the heart aches worse, so they can get no rest. Point. Will you forgive me? Ah! *] What a good creature she is. Zoe. Ha, ha! M'Closky. Ratts. Born here---dem darkies? [Solon goes down and stands behind Ratts.] 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. That's enough. D'ye call running away from a fellow catching him? He's going to do an heroic act; don't spile it. Beat that any of ye. Why, Minnie, why don't you run when you hear, you lazy crittur? It carried that easy on mortgage. Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. Top The Octoroon Quotes I will be thirty years old again in thirty seconds. Well when I say go, den lift dis rag like dis, see! 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. Dora. My home, my home! What, Zoe! Jacob McClosky, the man who ruined Judge Peyton, has come to inform George and his aunt (who was bequeathed a life interest in the estate) that their land will be sold and their slaves auctioned off separately. EnterScudder, George, Ratts, Caillou, Pete, Grace, Minnie,and all theNegroes. M'Closky. Dat wakes him up. None o' ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat. dem darkies! faded---is it not? If there is no bid for the estate and stuff, we'll sell it in smaller lots. M'Closky hates Scudder in return, especially because they both love Zoe, Mr. Peyton's "octoroon" daughter, Zoe. Scud. Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? Dat's de laziest nigger on dis yere property. George. I lost them in the cedar swamp---again they haunted my path down the bayou, moving as I moved, resting when I rested---hush! | Privacy Policy Zoe. We must excuse Scudder, friends. Liverpool post mark. Scud. Alex Tizon, To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light. Essay Topics. (p. 221) Daniel J. Siegel. M'Closky. 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. M'Closky. O, you wanted evidence---you called for proof---Heaven has answered and convicted you. Thank ye; thank ye. 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. Zoe. Zoe. Squire Sunnyside, you've got a pretty bit o' land, Squire. Tableaux.*. This old nigger, the grandfather of the boy you murdered, speaks for you---don't that go through you? George. [ExitMrs. PeytonandSunnysideto house. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. [R.] Then why don't you buy it yourself, Colonel? The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. blaze away! Grace (a Yellow Girl, a Slave) Miss Gimber Dido (the Cook, a Slave) Mrs. Dunn. [Minnie runs off.] Cum, for de pride of de family, let every darky look his best for the judge's sake---dat ole man so good to us, and dat ole woman---so dem strangers from New Orleans shall say, Dem's happy darkies, dem's a fine set of niggars; every one say when he's sold, "Lor' bless dis yer family I'm gwine out of, and send me as good a home.". You will not forget poor Zoe! "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. I felt it---and how she can love! [Shows plate. Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. Zoe! Seize him, then! here are marks of blood---look thar, red-skin, what's that? George. [*To*Ratts.] Sunny. Point. Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] M'Closky. See here---there's a small freight of turpentine in the fore hold there, and one of the barrels leaks; a spark from your engines might set the ship on fire, and you'd go with it. Scud. You can protect me from that man---do let me die without pain. Scud. [*ExitScudderand*Mrs. Peyton,R.U.E. George. Mrs. Pey. Zoe. [Calling at door.] [L.] Yelping hound---take that. go on. Ratts. We work. George. Is this a dream---for my brain reels with the blow? Scud. 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. Look at 'em, Jacob, for they are honest water from the well of truth. No---no. drop dat banana! Hillo! [Going.]. Dat's right, missus! When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. | Sitemap |. Just as soon as we put this cotton on board. [Throws down apron.] Something forcing its way through the undergrowth---it comes this way---it's either a bear or a runaway nigger. Go and try it, if you've a mind to. Scud. George, do you see that hand you hold? Come here quite; now quite. Zoe. He who can love so well is honest---don't speak ill of poor Wahnotee. He is said to have "combined sentiment, wit and local colour with sensational and spectacular endings" (Nova). Sunnyside, how good you are; so like my poor Peyton. Not a bale. [Knocks.] Scud. Franco Harris, You have to let it go. Ratts. Pete. I say, I'd like to say summit soft to the old woman; perhaps it wouldn't go well, would it? Mrs. P.The child was a favorite of the judge, who encouraged his gambols. [Aside to Sunnyside.] Thank'ye. [Sits down.] Scud. George. Cut all away for'ard---overboard with every bale afire. The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. I appeal against your usurped authority. how can you say so? Why don't he speak?---I mean, you feared I might not give you credit for sincere and pure feelings. Paul. Sunny. Minnie, fan me, it is so nice---and his clothes are French, ain't they? side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. Pete. Wahnote*swims on---finds trail---follows him. my dear, dear father! He loves me---what of that? No. I don't know, but I feel it's death! The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Zoe. Because I heard that you had traduced my character. M'Closky. Pete. [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] This gal and them children belong to that boy Solon there. [Zoe*helps her. tink anybody wants you to cry? O, how I lapped up her words, like a thirsty bloodhound! [Examines the ground.] Wahnotee. 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. if I stop here, I shall hug her right off. Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. This is folly, Dora. He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. Scud. Go now, George---leave me---take her with you. George. Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? Scud. M'Closky. After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. Down with him! "When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. you stan' dar, I see you Ta demine usti. George. [To the men.] Paul. What's this, eh? Dis way, gen'l'men; now Solon---Grace---dey's hot and tirsty---sangaree, brandy, rum. Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. what a bright, gay creature she is! Lafouche. There are no witnesses but a rum bottle and an old machine. George. Mrs. P.Read, George. Wahnotee? I'm from fair to middlin', like a bamboo cane, much the same all the year round. Jackson. you remind me so much of your uncle, the judge. They don't seem to be scared by the threat. Dora. stan' round thar! [Wahnotee*raises apron and runs off,*L.U.E.Paul*sits for his picture---M'Closkyappears from*R.U.E.]. A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] 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. ha---git out! New York, NY, Linda Ray M'Closky. Dora. give me the rest that no master but One can disturb---the sleep from which I shall awake free! Scudder insists that they hold a trial, and the men search for evidence. Will ye? Enjoy the best Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes at BrainyQuote. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. I would be alone a little while. I will! Scud. Jackson. he tinks it's a gun. I've seen it, I tell you; and darn it, ma'am, can't you see that's what's been a hollowing me out so---I beg your pardon. 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. What? Dora. | Contact Us Zoe. I suppose I shall go before long, and I wished to visit all the places, once again, to see the poor people. We can leave this country, and go far away where none can know. Ratts. Pete. Yah! Scud. Is de folks head bad? Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. Lafouche. 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. George. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. Lafouche. Dora. Traduced! 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.*. [A pause.] Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. The proof is here, in my heart. Then, if they go, they'll take Zoe---she'll follow them. Peyton.]. O, you horrible man! [During the dialogueWahnoteehas takenGeorge'sgun. He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. 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. Yonder the boy still lurks with those mail-bags; the devil still keeps him here to tempt me, darn his yellow skin. Hold on a bit. that he isn't to go on fooling in his slow---. Pete. E.---Wahnotefollows him.---Screams outside. The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. Let me be sold then, that I may free his name. [Takes out his knife. With your New England hypocrisy, you would persuade yourself it was this family alone you cared for; it ain't---you know it ain't---'tis the "Octoroon;" and you love her as I do; and you hate me because I'm your rival---that's where the tears come from, Salem Scudder, if you ever shed any---that's where the shoe pinches. the rat's out. Dora. she will har you. George. Come on, Pete, we shan't reach the house before midday. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? As they exit,M'Closkyrises from behind rock,R.,*and looks after them. Excuse me ladies. I'ss, Mas'r George. M'Closky. M'Closky. One of them is prepared with a self-developing liquid that I've invented. M'Closky. I've got engaged eight hundred bales at the next landing, and one hundred hogsheads of sugar at Patten's Slide---that'll take my guards under---hurry up thar. 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. 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. Scud. how sad she looks now she has no resource. Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. Point. I can never sleep now without dreaming. This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. When I travelled round with this machine, the homely folks used to sing out, "Hillo, mister, this ain't like me!" Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. Ratts. [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. Poor little Paul---poor little nigger! if this is so, she's mine! If he would only propose to marry me I would accept him, but he don't know that, and he will go on fooling, in his slow European way, until it is too late. I can't introduce any darned improvement there. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. [Indignantly.] George. Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? that's right. Scud. George, dear George, do you love me? Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring M'Closky,Why not? now mind. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. Providence has chosen your executioner. Between us we've ruined these Peytons; you fired the judge, and I finished off the widow. Zoe. [Searching him.] Now it's cooking, laws mussey, I feel it all inside, as if it was at a lottery. Dido. O! Dido. They are gone!---[*Glancing at*George.] Enjoy reading and share 7 famous quotes about Boucicault The Octoroon with everyone. What, you won't, won't ye? Now, my culled brethren, gird up your lines, and listen---hold on yer bref---it's a comin. Now, what have you done to show them the distinction? Ha! Scad. Come, Paul, are you ready? Could you see the roots of my hair you would see the same dark, fatal mark. We have known each other but a few days, but to me those days have been worth all the rest of my life. Has not my dear aunt forgotten it---she who had the most right to remember it? Scud. [Wakes.] Ratts. 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? Lynch him! It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Be the first to contribute! D'ye feel it? Dear George, you now see what a miserable thing I am. No! Point. She said, "It's free with purchase." The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. Dido. You don't expect to recover any of this old debt, do you? He sleeps---no; I see a light. No; like a sugar cane; so dry outside, one would never think there was so much sweetness within. he's coming this way, fighting with his Injiun. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? We tender food to a stranger, not because he is a gentleman, but because he is hungry. Hello! what are you blowing about like a steamboat with one wheel for? O, how d'ye do, sir? [*Gives her coffee-pot to hold, and hobbles off, followed bySolonand*Dido,R.U.E.], Sunny. As my wife,---the sharer of my hopes, my ambitions, and my sorrows; under the shelter of your love I could watch the storms of fortune pass unheeded by. I shall do so if you weep. M'Closky. "The free papers of my daughter, Zoe, registered February 4th, 1841." Scud. Pete. Can you take any more? George, O, forgive me! Pete. [Wahnotee*sits*L.,rolled in blanket.]. *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. [During the reading of letter he remains nearly motionless under the focus of the camera.] Zoe. Scudder. But out it flew, free for everybody or anybody to beg, borrow, or steal. [*Points down, and shows by pantomime how he buried*Paul.]. Do you want me to stop here and bid for it? 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