'Tain't you he has injured, 'tis the white man, whose laws he has offended. He calls me Omenee, the Pigeon, and Miss Zoe is Ninemoosha, the Sweetheart. Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. Scud. At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." [Music. Where is he? [Indignantly.] Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? Mrs. P.[Embracing him.] M'Closky. Sunny. now mind. he does not know, he does not know! dead---and above him---Ah! I will! Here we are on the selvage of civilization. Stop; this would. [Weeping.] [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. No! [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. [Dora*gets water.] I see it in your face. Dora. Guess that you didn't leave anything female in Europe that can lift an eyelash beside that gal. 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. E.---Wahnotefollows him.---Screams outside. this old Liverpool debt---that may cross me---if it only arrive too late---if it don't come by this mail---Hold on! "When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. Hole yer tongues. I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. I hate 'em. Do you think they would live here on such terms? Those little flowers can live, but I cannot. George. Zoe. Zoe!---she faints! Dora. things have got so jammed in on top of us, we ain't got time to put kid gloves on to handle them. Scud. The Octoroon Act II Summary & Analysis. Zoe. What am goin' to cum ob us! He will love you---he must. Lafouche. An Octoroon is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. yonder goes the Indian! M'Closky. M'Closky. [Shakes hands withGeorge.] [Aside.] | Privacy Policy Were they all born on this estate? M'Closky. Pete. [2] Among antebellum melodramas, it was considered second in popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).[3]. It will cost me all I'm worth. [L.] Let the old darkey alone---eight hundred for that boy. She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. Now's your time.---[Aloud.] EnterPete,with lantern, andScudder,with note book,R. Scud. Debbel's in de pail! Scud. He's yours, Mr. George Peyton. Grace. Ugh! [*Enter*George,C.] Ah! that's right. [Re-enters with phial.] *EnterPaul,wrestling with*Wahnotee,R.3. Would you now? there's that noise again! Dem doctors ain't no 'count; dey don't know nuffin. I hope I'm not intruding. I bid seven thousand, which is the last dollar this family possesses. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. George. M'Closky. Is not Dora worth any man's---. Lafouche. Dido. 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. One hundred thousand bid for this mag---. Forgive him, Dora; for he knew no better until I told him. Scud. [Opens desk.] [1] ", Zoe. I tell ye, 't'ain't so---we can't do it---we've got to be sold---, Pete. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! I'm afraid they must be right; I can't understand a word of all this. Pete. You see how easily I have become reconciled to my fate---so it will be with you. a slave! Thib. [Offers hand,Georgebows coldly,R. C.] [aside.] Whar's breakfass? Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroonwith everyone. Point. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. Yah! 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. go on. George is courted by the rich Southern belle heiress Dora Sunnyside, but he finds himself falling in love with Zoe, the daughter of his uncle through one of the slaves. here's the other one; she's a little too thoroughbred---too much of the greyhound; but the heart's there, I believe. M'Closky. Isn't he sweet! Mrs. P.Hospitality in Europe is a courtesy; here, it is an obligation. 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. Ratts. Zoe. Farewell, Dora. The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings Happy to read and share the best inspirational The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. 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. Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroon with everyone. What! Never mind. I'm responsible for the crittur---go on. Point. Denora Boone, Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. Zoe. [Leads her forward---aside.] Not a bale. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. How the flames crack. Very bad, aunty; and the heart aches worse, so they can get no rest. M'Closky. The Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault that opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. A view of the Plantation Terrebonne, in Louisiana.---A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate.---A low built, but extensive Planter's Dwelling, surrounded with a veranda, and raised a few feet from the ground, occupies theL. Death was there beside me, and I dared not take it. Paul! Fifteen thousand. No, sar; nigger nebber cut stick on Terrebonne; dat boy's dead, sure. Jacobs-Jenkins reframes Boucicault's play using its original characters and plot, speaking much of Boucicault's dialogue, and critiques its portrayal of race using Brechtian devices. It is such scenes as these that bring disgrace upon our Western life. Burn! Zoe. Zoe. Why, with principal and interest this debt has been more than doubled in twenty years. How can you ask that vulgar ruffian to your table? If young George Peyton was to make you the same offer, you'd jump at it, pretty darned quick, I guess. Dora. [Laughing.] Not a picayune. George. Hold on, you'll see. See Injiun; look dar [shows him plate], see dat innocent: look, dar's de murderer of poor Paul. Well, he has the oddest way of making love. Dion Boucicault. Den say de missus, "'Tain't for de land I keer, but for dem poor niggars---dey'll be sold---dat wot stagger me." M'Closky. Hush! Yonder the boy still lurks with those mail-bags; the devil still keeps him here to tempt me, darn his yellow skin. George, you know not what you say. Lafouche. Zoe, will you remain here? Ratts. I daren't move fear to spile myself. but her image will pass away like a little cloud that obscured your happiness a while---you will love each other; you are both too good not to join your hearts. You're a man as well as an auctioneer, ain't ye? What's de charge, Mas'r Scudder? Well, ma'am, I spose there's no law agin my bidding for it. Is de folks head bad? Do you mean that I'm a pig? Now, I feel bad about my share in the business. [Putting it on the table,R. C.]. M'Closky. Mrs. P.I expect an important letter from Liverpool; away with you, Paul; bring the mail-bags here. Ratts. [Raises hand to back of his neck.] And twenty thousand bid. 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. Will you hush? One thousand bid. Scud. you remind me so much of your uncle, the judge. Scud. Point. [Dies.---George*lowers her head gently.---Kneels.---Others form picture. Sunny. I will! Pete. Hillo! | Sitemap |. Come along; she har what we say, and she's cryin' for us. Scud. Just one month ago I quitted Paris. O! I know you'll excuse it. The word Octoroon signifies "one-eighth blood" or the child of a Quadroon by a white. Ah! Mrs. P.So, Pete, you are spoiling those children as usual! You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. No, you goose! M'Closky. Scud. Scud. [Shows plate. O, here he is. I'll trouble you for that piece of baccy, Judge---thank you---so, gentlemen, as life is short, we'll start right off. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. M'Closky,Why not? They don't seem to be scared by the threat. Hush! 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. The Octoroons have no apparent trace of the Negro in their appearance but still are subject to the legal disabilities which attach them to the condition of blacks. [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. Pete. if you cannot be mine, O, let me not blush when I think of you. who has been teasing you? Mrs. P.No wonder! So! See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Getting Started | Contributor Zone I dare say you left at least a dozen beloved women there, at the same time. what a bright, gay creature she is! O, let all go, but save them! Pete. Yes; I kept the letters, and squandered the money. Where am I to get it? Dora then reappears and bids on Zoe she has sold her own plantation in order to rescue Terrebonne. [Music.]. Peyton.] O, law, sir, dat debil Closky, he tore hisself from de gen'lam, knock me down, take my light, and trows it on de turpentine barrels, and de shed's all afire! The Steamer moves off---fire kept up---M'Closky*re-enters,*R.,*swimming on.*. Impossible; you have seen no one; whom can you mean? 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. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Lafouche. O, Miss Zoe, why you ask ole Dido for dis pizen? [ExitMrs. PeytonandSunnysideto house. Scud. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. I'm going to straighten this account clear out. you're looking well. how sad she looks now she has no resource. M'Closky. Dora. Is this a dream---for my brain reels with the blow? There are no witnesses but a rum bottle and an old machine. [Calls off.] 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 have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? You ign'ant Injiun, it can't hurt you! To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. I see we are just in time for breakfast. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. Don't you know that she is the natural daughter of the judge, your uncle, and that old lady thar just adored anything her husband cared for; and this girl, that another woman would a hated, she loves as if she'd been her own child. George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. Zoe, must we immolate our lives on her prejudice? M'Closky. Mr. Scudder, I've listened to a great many of your insinuations, and now I'd like to come to an understanding what they mean. No; Wahnotee is a gentle, honest creature, and remains here because he loves that boy with the tenderness of a woman. Dora. The Oxford English Dictionary cites The Octoroon with the earliest record of the word "mashup" with the quote: "He don't understand; he speaks a mash up of Indian, French, and Mexican." he's coming this way, fighting with his Injiun. [M'Closky*lowers his hand. Hark! I'll put the naughty parts in French. What? [Wahnotee*sits*L.,rolled in blanket.]. Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. Top a bit! He who can love so well is honest---don't speak ill of poor Wahnotee. *EnterPete, Pointdexter, Jackson, Lafouche,and*Caillou,R.U.E. Pete. Pete, as you came here, did you pass Paul and the Indian with the letter-bags? Pete, you old turkey-buzzard, saddle my mare. Point. If you bid me do so I will obey you---. I'm broke, Solon---I can't stop the Judge. what will become of her when I am gone? Scud. How are we sure the boy is dead at all? [*Points down, and shows by pantomime how he buried*Paul.]. You're bidding to separate them, Judge. [Rising.] dat right! If you would pardon the abruptness of the question, I would ask you, Do you think the sincere devotion of my life to make yours happy would succeed? he's allers in for it. 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? Let me proceed by illustration. She has had the education of a lady. M'Closky. ha---git out! How to End "The Octoroon", John A. Degen, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Octoroon&oldid=1114317331, This page was last edited on 5 October 2022, at 22:08. Zoe. Ratts. Of the blood that feeds my heart, one drop in eight is black---bright red as the rest may be, that one drop poisons all the flood; those seven bright drops give me love like yours---hope like yours---ambition like yours---Life hung with passions like dew-drops on the morning flowers; but the one black drop gives me despair, for I'm an unclean thing---forbidden by the laws---I'm an Octoroon! Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. George, leave me! Scud. George---George---hush---they come! Stand around and let me pass---room thar! Ratts. [Points with knife off,R.] D'ye see that tree?---it's called a live oak, and is a native here; beside it grows a creeper; year after year that creeper twines its long arms round and round the tree---sucking the earth dry all about its roots---living on its life---overrunning its branches, until at last the live oak withers and dies out. Heaven has denied me children; so all the strings of my heart have grown around and amongst them, like the fibres and roots of an old tree in its native earth. Your birth---I know it. M'Closky. Come, form a court then, choose a jury---we'll fix this varmin. Why you out in de swamp dis time ob night---you catch de fever sure---you is all wet. At the time the judge executed those free papers to his infant slave, a judgment stood recorded against him; while that was on record he had no right to make away with his property. He's an Injiun---fair play. I'm from fair to middlin', like a bamboo cane, much the same all the year round. 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. Jacob M'Closky, you shan't have that girl. Thank you, Mas'r Ratts: I die for you, sar; hold up for me, sar. burn! Jackson, I want to get to Ophelensis to-night. I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. Hello, Pete, I never heard of that affair. Tullian Tchividjian. Just as soon as we put this cotton on board. Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! Didn't I? 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 think so; shall I ask him that too? my dear, dear father! M'Closky. ah! Darn ye! George. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. dem tings---dem?---getaway [*makes blow at the*Children.] Zoe. I mean that before you could draw that bowie-knife, you wear down your back, I'd cut you into shingles. Scud. Yes; you was the first to hail Judge Lynch. Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. Pete. war's de crowd gone? 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