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[The knives disappear.] Let him answer for the boy, then. Go outside, there; listen to what you hear, then go down to the quarters and tell the boys, for I can't do it. By fair means I don't think you can get her, and don't you try foul with her, 'cause if you do, Jacob, civilization be darned. Dora. you're looking well. 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. ExitSolon,R.U.E.] Dem little niggers is a judgment upon dis generation. The world, Zoe, the free struggle of minds and hands, if before me; the education bestowed on me by my dear uncle is a noble heritage which no sheriff can seize; with that I can build up a fortune, spread a roof over the heads I love, and place before them the food I have earned; I will work---. One morning dey swarmed on a sassafras tree in de swamp, and I cotched 'em all in a sieve.---dat's how dey come on top of dis yearth---git out, you,---ya, ya! He is said to have "combined sentiment, wit and local colour with sensational and spectacular endings" (Nova). Where is he? We tender food to a stranger, not because he is a gentleman, but because he is hungry. My love? Lynch him! In some form, human, or wild beast, or ghost, it has tracked me through the night. Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. Dora. O, you horrible man! Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? Scud. In an act of desperation she drinks a vial of poison, and Scudder enters to deliver the good news that McClosky was proven guilty of murdering Paul and that Terrebonne now belongs to George. Says he'll go if I'll go with him. 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. All right, Judge; I thought there was a mistake. this is worth taking to---in this desk the judge used to keep one paper I want---this should be it. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Zoe. Born here! George. Mrs. P.I cannot find the entry in my husband's accounts; but you, Mr. M'Closky, can doubtless detect it. Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! European, I suppose. I'm broke, Solon---I can't stop the Judge. Why don't he speak?---I mean, you feared I might not give you credit for sincere and pure feelings. Do you know what that is? George, O, forgive me! I don't care, they were blue this morning, but it don't signify now. Scud. but the deed that freed you was not lawful. Zoe. Dat's what her soul's gwine to do. Mrs. Peyton, George Peyton, Terrebonne is yours. Scud. Ratts. This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. [Dances.]. It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama. Do you think they would live here on such terms? Scud. Here's the Picayune [producing paper] with the advertisement. 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. EnterSolon*andDidowith coffee-pot, dishes, &c.,*R.U.E. Dido. Dora. | Contact Us [During the reading of letter he remains nearly motionless under the focus of the camera.] Scud. Dat wakes him up. Ratts. I ain't no count, sar. All Rights Reserved. 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. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Ain't he! Sunny. He will love you---he must. [Music.]. Is your heart free? Be the first to contribute! What! Ah! No, I'm the skurriest crittur at a fight you ever see; my legs have been too well brought up to stand and see my body abused; I take good care of myself, I can tell you. O! look sar! Stop! Lafouche. You're bidding to separate them, Judge. Traduced! Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. "No, ma'am, the truth seldom is.". Pete. Mrs. P.You are out early this morning, George. Jackson. How can she then ask her father to free me? [Solon goes down and stands behind Ratts.] Paul. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! Top The Octoroon Quotes I will be thirty years old again in thirty seconds. 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. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. Jacob, your accuser is that picter of the crime---let that speak---defend yourself. After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. Sunny. Zoe. George. O, none for me; I never eat. With Dora's wealth, he explains, Terrebonne will not be sold and the slaves will not have to be separated. George. [Sees tomahawk in Wahnotee's belt---draws it out and examines it.] It's surely worth the love that dictated it; here are the papers and accounts. hark! Zoe, I love you none the less; this knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I can overcome the obstacle. Go on, Colonel---Colonel Pointdexter, ma'am---the mortgagee, auctioneer, and general agent. Scud. Excuse me; one of the principal mortgagees has made the demand. Well, he cut that for the photographing line. I left it last night all safe. George. Now's your time, sar. "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. That's his programme---here's a pocket-book. Pete. Forgive him, Dora; for he knew no better until I told him. If he caught the fever, were stung by a snake, or possessed of any other poisonous or unclean thing, you could pity, tend, love him through it, and for your gentle care he would love you in return. Mrs. P.O, Salem! M'Closky. M'Closky. No; but you, aunty, you are wise---you know every plant, don't you, and what it is good for? Share with your friends. 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! 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. The sun is rising. Mrs. P.Why didn't you mention this before? 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. Zoe, you are pale. ], Scud. Because it was the truth; and I had rather be a slave with a free soul, than remain free with a slavish, deceitful heart. 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. How came they in your possession? good, good nurse: you will, you will. Look at 'em, Jacob, for they are honest water from the well of truth. The Octoroon or The Lily of Louisiana is a dark tale of crime, race and slavery. Yes; No. George. M'Closky. 'Tis true! I shall never understand how to wound the feelings of any lady; and, if that is the custom here, I shall never acquire it. Mrs. P.No, George; say you wept like a man. M'Closky. Point. Scud. Just one month ago I quitted Paris. Pete. [Puts his head under the darkening apron.] I arrived just too late, he had grabbed the prize as I came up. *EnterThibodeauxand*Sunnyside,R.U.E. Thibo. gib it to ole Pete! Do not weep, George. 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. Hillo! And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. I won't go on; that man's down. Missey Zoe! No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. O, let all go, but save them! It is such scenes as these that bring disgrace upon our Western life. [Throws down apron.] George. Yours, &c, James Brown." 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!". How dar you say dat, you black nigger, you? One hundred thousand bid for this mag---. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. [ToMrs. Come along; she har what we say, and she's cryin' for us. Scud. He said so. Sorry I can't return the compliment. 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. Your birth---I know it. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. dem tings---dem?---getaway [*makes blow at the*Children.] Scud. What? George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! An Octoroon is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. What was her name? I have it. For what I have done, let me be tried. Dora Sunnyside (only Daughter and Heiress to Sunnyside, a Southern Belle) Mrs. Stoddart. Sunny. "No. It's no use you putting on airs; I ain't gwine to sit up wid you all night and you drunk. Paul. this old Liverpool debt---that may cross me---if it only arrive too late---if it don't come by this mail---Hold on! Would you now? Be the first to contribute! [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. Point. You got dat bottle of rum hid under your blanket---gib it up now, you---Yar! Ivan Glasenberg, Very few things hurt my young ego more than an Asian female openly shaming me for my Asian-ness. Now, ma'am, I'd like a little business, if agreeable. Sign that receipt, captain, and save me going up to the clerk. Zoe, will you remain here? What's de charge, Mas'r Scudder? George, you cannot marry me; the laws forbid it! No---no. Pete. Dido. Wahnotee appears, drunk and sorrowful, and tells them that Paul is buried near them. Calm as a tombstone, and with about as much life. Sorry I can't help you, but the fact is, you're in such an all-fired mess that you couldn't be pulled out without a derrick. Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! Their presence keeps alive the reproach against me that I ruined them; yet, if this money should come. I'm going to straighten this account clear out. No, you goose! Hello! Dora said you were slow; if she could hear you now---. I think we may begin business. M'Closky. Something forcing its way through the undergrowth---it comes this way---it's either a bear or a runaway nigger. That judgment still exists; under it and others this estate is sold to-day. But for Heaven's sake go---here comes the crowd. Pete. I'll see you round the estate. ", Pete. Yes; you was the first to hail Judge Lynch. Do you mean that I'm a pig? [Tableaux.]. [Pause.] side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. A draft for eighty-five thousand dollars, and credit on Palisse and Co., of New Orleans, for the balance. O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? Wahnotee. I think so; shall I ask him that too? ], M'Closky. The Judge is a little deaf. if you cannot be mine, O, let me not blush when I think of you. No, no! With them around us, if we have not wealth, we shall at least have the home that they alone can make---. Good day, ma'am. if this is so, she's mine! That's about right. tink anybody wants you to cry? [Brings hammer down.] Now, den, if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold, she'll begin screechin' like a cat. Five hundred dollars!---[*To*Thibodeaux.] Essay Topics. Look here; I can't stand that gal! 'Tain't you he has injured, 'tis the white man, whose laws he has offended. 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. It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. Pete. Has not my dear aunt forgotten it---she who had the most right to remember it? Ratts. Scud. Mrs. P.The child was a favorite of the judge, who encouraged his gambols. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring Scud. Paul! Pete. [Wakes.] Dido. What! Stan' back, I say I I'll nip the first that lays a finger on Him. Two hundred and forty-nine times! Scud. His greatest successes however, were on London's stages. Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. [Dies.---George*lowers her head gently.---Kneels.---Others form picture. Yes, ma'am, I hold a mortgage over Terrebonne; mine's a ninth, and pretty near covers all the property, except the slaves. I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. Now, gentlemen, we shall proceed to business. [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] Paul. No, Pete; no, I won't. I'll bear it. The White Slave; or, the Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Edit The White Slave; or, the Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. Zoe. The men begin to call for McClosky to be lynched, but Scudder convinces them to send him to jail instead. M'Closky. Is de folks head bad? no violence---the critter don't know what we mean. She said, "It's free with purchase." O, Zoe, my child! I brought half this ruin on this family, with my all-fired improvements. No, it won't; we have confessed to Dora that we love each other. if dey aint all lighted, like coons, on dat snake fence, just out of shot. Now, what have you done to show them the distinction? Race or not, it's a story about . Pete. 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. My dear husband never kept any accounts, and we scarcely know in what condition the estate really is. Yes! Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. George. [Minnie runs off.] burn! Mrs. P.I fear that the property is so involved that the strictest economy will scarcely recover it. for, darn me, if I can find out. The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. My home, my home! Scud. When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. Judy Collins, You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music." you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. 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? And dar's de 'paratus---O, gosh, if I could take a likeness ob dis child! [Reading bill.] Pete. Dora, you are right. Scud. 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. [Dora*gets water.] Scud. M'Closky. Mr. Scudder, good morning. Scud. I'll lend you all you want. [Pours out.] [*To*Zoe.] M'Closky. [Sits,R.] Look thar! When you have done joking, gentlemen, you'll say one hundred and twenty thousand. But how pale she looks, and she trembles so. I lost them in the cedar swamp---again they haunted my path down the bayou, moving as I moved, resting when I rested---hush! Not a picayune. (p. 221) Daniel J. Siegel. Burn! Hello! Zoe. Sharon Gannon. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! What's the matter, Ratts? This New York Times article cautions its readers against jumping to conclusions about Boucicault's intentions in the writing of the play and downplays . Look in my eyes; is not the same color in the white? Dat's right, missus! I hate 'em. [Aside to Pete.] [Rising.] Hugh vieu. Come, Paul, are you ready? Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. my dear, dear father! Many a night I've laid awake and thought how to pull them through, till I've cried like a child over the sum I couldn't do; and you know how darned hard 'tis to make a Yankee cry. What's he doing; is he asleep? Scud. clar out! Zoe. 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