Lynch him! Jacob, your accuser is that picter of the crime---let that speak---defend yourself. Top a bit! 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. M'Closky. Darn that girl; she makes me quiver when I think of her; she's took me for all I'm worth. [Draws pistol---M'Closky*rushes on and falls atScudder'sfeet.*]. European, I suppose. [*Throws bowie-knife to*M'Closky.] Are they? A mistake, sar---forty-six. 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. Sunny. Burn! Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring [Seated,R. C.] Fan me, Minnie.---[Aside.] He who can love so well is honest---don't speak ill of poor Wahnotee. [Sitting,R. C.] A pretty mess you've got this estate in---. I don't think you capable of anything else than---. If you bid me do so I will obey you---. my dear, dear father! The judge drew money like Bourbon whiskey from a barrel, and never turned off the tap. Why don't he return to his nation out West? I'm from fair to middlin', like a bamboo cane, much the same all the year round. All. I've got four plates ready, in case we miss the first shot. Tullian Tchividjian. you stan' dar, I see you Ta demine usti. Improvements---anything, from a stay-lace to a fire-engine. Dem doctors ain't no 'count; dey don't know nuffin. Scud. O, dear Zoe, is he in love with anybody? Dora. clar out! Then I will go to the Acme or Keating's or the Big Gold Bar and sit down and draw my cards and fill an inside straight and win myself a thousand dollars. and my master---O! The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. You'll find him scenting round the rum store, hitched up by the nose. Scud. Zoe. [Music. I have it. I shall do so if you weep. Stop, Zoe; come here! Now, gentlemen, we shall proceed to business. I always said you were the darndest thief that ever escaped a white jail to misrepresent the North to the South. [Enters inner room,R.U.E.]. Zoe. Zoe. Pete. Letters! [Wahnotee*raises apron and runs off,*L.U.E.Paul*sits for his picture---M'Closkyappears from*R.U.E.]. "Ma'am," says I, "the apparatus can't mistake." Point. Look there. Peyton.] Ratts. must I learn from these poor wretches how much I owed, how I ought to pay the debt? New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall I can't introduce any darned improvement there. I must be going---it is late. The injiun! this letter the old lady expects---that's it; let me only head off that letter, and Terrebonne will be sold before they can recover it. [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. D'ye feel it? The last word, an important colloquialism, was misread by the typesetter of the play. [Puts his head under the darkening apron.] What's dat? [Shows plate to jury.] How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya---eh? Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. No, the love I speak of is not such as you suppose,---it is a passion that has grown up here since I arrived; but it is a hopeless, mad, wild feeling, that must perish. "But, mister, that ain't my nose." Thank ye; thank ye. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! George. Mrs. Peyton, George Peyton, Terrebonne is yours. 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. [Sighing.] What's the matter, Ratts? George. There's one name on the list of slaves scratched, I see. As they exit,M'Closkyrises from behind rock,R.,*and looks after them. No, sar; but dem vagabonds neber take de 'specable straight road, dey goes by de swamp. [Pours out.] But how pale she looks, and she trembles so. Pete. EnterLafoucheand*Jackson,L. Jackson. The devil I am! I would be alone a little while. Squire Sunnyside is going to sell this at fifty thousand advance to-morrow.---[Looks round.] how sad she looks now she has no resource. George reluctantly agrees. Mr. M'Closky has bid twenty-five thousand dollars for the Octoroon. No, it ain't; because, just then, what does the judge do, but hire another overseer---a Yankee---a Yankee named Salem Scudder. O, you horrible man! Zoe. No, no! And what shall I say? war's de crowd gone? Dora. Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! Hark! Salem Scudder, a kind Yankee, was Judge Peyton's business partner; though he wishes he could save Terrebonne, he has no money. Your eyes are red. Well, what d'ye say, Lafouche---d'ye smile? Now, den, if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold, she'll begin screechin' like a cat. Seize him, then! Don't b'lieve dey'll turn out niggers when dey're growed; dey'll come out sunthin else. As I swam down, I thought I heard something in the water, as if pursuing me---one of them darned alligators, I suppose---they swarm hereabout---may they crunch every limb of ye! If that old nigger ain't asleep, I'm blamed. Zoe. Listen to me. Stealing a lantern, he sets fire to the steamship that had the slaves on board. Fifteen thousand. In a few hours that man, my master, will come for me; he has paid my price, and he only consented to let me remain here this one night, because Mrs. Peyton promised to give me up to him to-day. George. But don't mount to nuffin---kin work cannel. [Aside.] Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? Is it on such evidence you'd hang a human being? Scudder. Hi! Scene.---The Wharf, The Steamer "Magnolia" alongside,L.;a bluff rock,R.U.E. Ratts*discovered, superintending the loading of ship. New York, NY, Linda Ray When he speaks to one he does it so easy, so gentle; it isn't bar-room style; love lined with drinks, sighs tinged with tobacco---and they say all the women in Paris were in love with him, which I feelIshall be; stop fanning me; what nice boots he wears. Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. *EnterPete, Pointdexter, Jackson, Lafouche,and*Caillou,R.U.E. Pete. He has a strange way of showing it. Those free papers ain't worth the sand that's on 'em. A julep, gal, that's my breakfast, and a bit of cheese. Dora. Zoe, he's going; I want him to stay and make love to me that's what I came for to-day. I'll bear it. Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? No, Pete; no, I won't. he's allers in for it. I'll gib it you! Closky tue Paul---kill de child with your tomahawk dar; 'twasn't you, no---ole Pete allus say so. 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. No! You'll take care, I guess, it don't go too cheap. Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. Alas! 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. Yours, &c, James Brown." I want Pete here a minute. Author: Dahlia Lithwick. Enjoy reading and share 14 famous quotes about Boucicaults The Octoroon with everyone. Do you know what that is? 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. Ya!---as he? Ten miles we've had to walk, because some blamed varmin onhitched our dug-out. Pete. Mrs. P.I expect an important letter from Liverpool; away with you, Paul; bring the mail-bags here. why, clar out! I deserve to be a nigger this day---I feel like one, inside. things have got so jammed in on top of us, we ain't got time to put kid gloves on to handle them. He don't understand; he speaks a mash-up of Indian and Mexican. George. Jacob M'Closky, you shan't have that girl. Pete. Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. She's in love with young Peyton; it made me curse, whar it made you cry, as it does now; I see the tears on your cheeks now. I don't know, but I feel it's death! Paul. Of course not, you little fool; no one ever made love to you, and you can't understand; I mean, that George knows I am an heiress; my fortune would release this estate from debt. Dis yer prop'ty to be sold---old Terrebonne---whar we all been raised, is gwine---dey's gwine to tak it away---can't stop here no how. stan' round thar! Paul. you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. No, ma'am, I worked like an ass---an honest one, and that's all. [Astonished.] It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. M'Closky hates Scudder in return, especially because they both love Zoe, Mr. Peyton's "octoroon" daughter, Zoe. Liverpool post mark. When I travelled round with this machine, the homely folks used to sing out, "Hillo, mister, this ain't like me!" Have I slept upon the benefits I received, and never saw, never felt, never knew that I was forgetful and ungrateful? Solon. Whar's de coffee? Scud. ], Pete. Paul. What court of law would receive such evidence? I thought I heard the sound of a paddle in the water. No! Dido. We've had talk enough; now for proof. Paul. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Ah. Why you out in de swamp dis time ob night---you catch de fever sure---you is all wet. Zoe. ", Pete. Zoe. He is sitting on on my prize! O, get out. Point. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. he must not see me. M'Closky. Now, take care what you do. Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. A Room in Mrs. Peyton's house; entrances,R.U.E.*andL.U.E.---An Auction Bill stuck up,*L.---chairs,C.,*and tables,*R. and L. Pete. Scud. I'd cut my throat---or yours---yours I'd prefer. Come along; she har what we say, and she's cryin' for us. By ten I was playing competitively. Pete. Enjoy the best Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes at BrainyQuote. Why you speak so wild? And twenty thousand bid. that's right. Hold on! The sun is rising. Fifty against one! And so you really kept those foolish letters? Zoe, they shall not take you from us while I live. Born here! They don't seem to be scared by the threat. In cash? Back at Terrebonne, Zoe returns but with a sad heart, as she knows that she and George can never be together. Shan't I! Scud. [Putting it on the table,R. C.]. you're looking well. Minnie (a Quadroon Slave) Miss Walters. Ay, ay! [Rises.] Go it, if you're a mind to. he is here. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. Top Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes. Now's your time.---[Aloud.] George. come home---there are strangers in the house. The list of your slaves is incomplete---it wants one. Providence has chosen your executioner. Dora. ", Zoe. Scud. You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. Dora said you were slow; if she could hear you now---. [Aside to Pete.] What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? One thousand bid. Denora Boone, Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. I will, quicker than lightning. I arrived just too late, he had grabbed the prize as I came up. Their presence keeps alive the reproach against me that I ruined them; yet, if this money should come. Zoe. Dora. Guess they nebber was born---dem tings! Sunny. This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. George. Scud. ain't that a pooty gun. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. [Music.]. You be darned! Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. Sunny. Pete. George. This blow has staggered me some. That part of it all is performance for the media. | Sitemap |. Hold on, now! I think so; shall I ask him that too? Would you rob me first, and murder me afterwards? Well, you wrong me. Pete. George. George. [All salute.]. Dido. Zoe. Ask him, I want to know; don't say I told you to inquire, but find out. 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. The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. It's such a long time since I did this sort of thing, and this old machine has got so dirty and stiff, I'm afraid it won't operate. [falls on her knees, with her face in her hands] no---no master, but one. In some form, human, or wild beast, or ghost, it has tracked me through the night. there it comes---it comes---don't you hear a footstep on the dry leaves? Zoe, you are young; your mirror must have told you that you are beautiful. You are right, sir; though I shrank from expressing that opinion in her presence, so bluntly. Come here quite; now quite. The men accuse Wahnotee of the murder, and McClosky calls for him to be lynched. M'Closky. Point. If it was the ghost of that murdered boy haunting me! I saw the mail-bags lying in the shed this morning. What was her past? Sunny. For a year or two all went fine. Mr. Lafouche, why, how do you do, sir? [Rising.] Ratts. One hundred thousand bid for this mag---. 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. Ask the color in your face; d'ye think I can't read you, like a book? is dat him creeping dar? Top Quadroon And Octoroon Quotes. I've been to the negro quarters. Zoe. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Sunny. O, my husband! Sunny. yonder goes the Indian! [*Points down, and shows by pantomime how he buried*Paul.]. M'Closky. Dat's right, missus! darn his carcass! she would revolt from it, as all but you would; and if I consented to hear the cries of my heart, if I did not crush out my infant love, what would she say to the poor girl on whom she had bestowed so much? 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. Scud. Stand around and let me pass---room thar! | Contact Us If I must die, give me up to the law; but save me from the tomahawk. | About Us E. Paul. No. Thar's Miss Dora---that girl's in love with you; yes, sir, her eyes are startin' out of her head with it; now her fortune would redeem a good part of this estate. [Throws mail bags down and sits on them,L. C.] Pret, now den go. You are illegitimate, but love knows no prejudice. ah! It's not a painful death, aunty, is it? I can think of nothing but the image that remains face to face with me: so beautiful, so simple, so confiding, that I dare not express the feelings that have grown up so rapidly in my heart. Fair or foul, I'll have her---take that home with you! Hold on, you'll see. What, on Terrebonne? [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. for, darn me, if I can find out. Hillo! 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. Scud. Zoe. [Weeping.] Curse their old families---they cut me---a bilious, conceited, thin lot of dried up aristocracy. Zoe, bring here the judge's old desk; it is in the library. Bah! [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. Dora. Ratts. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. 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. Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. [C.] I'm sorry to intrude, but the business I came upon will excuse me. *] Whenever I gets into company like yours, I always start with the advantage on my side. 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! Look! Git away dere! [Seizing a fly whisk.] Scud. Now it's cooking, laws mussey, I feel it all inside, as if it was at a lottery. I heard voices. 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. Zoe, will you remain here? I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. Pete. Stop! 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. I left it last night all safe. "Judgment, 40,000, 'Thibodeaux against Peyton,'"---surely, that is the judgment under which this estate is now advertised for sale---[takes up paper and examines it]; yes, "Thibodeaux against Peyton, 1838." Stop! Poor little Paul---poor little nigger! You'se a dead man, Mas'r Clusky---you got to b'lieve dat. Bless his dear old handwriting, it's all I ever saw of him. Every word of it, Squire. Hush! 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.*. Mr. George, I am afraid, if all we hear is true, you have led a dreadful life in Europe. 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. There's no chance of it. Ratts. No; if you were I'd buy you, if you cost all I'm worth. Here, you tell it, since you know it. Could you see the roots of my hair you would see the same dark, fatal mark. George. Only three of his plays were to have an American setting, The Octoroon is one of these. No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. Dear Dora, try to understand it with your heart. Excuse me ladies. 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---. Zoe. Zoe realizes that she is in love with him too, but they cannot marry, as she is an Octoroon, and, under 19th century laws, their marriage was legally prohibited. Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! Point. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? Judy Collins, You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music." Says he'll go if I'll go with him. Pete. We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Did You Know? George. Now don't stir. Ivan Glasenberg, Very few things hurt my young ego more than an Asian female openly shaming me for my Asian-ness. Would you now? Go on, Colonel. [Sits,R.] Look thar! The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. Were they all born on this estate? Scud. she will har you. What? Hark! Farewell, Dora. George. that'll save her. 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. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? You see dat hole in dar, sar. Ratts. Herein the true melodramatic hijinks that first defined "The Octoroon" ensue: a young, nouveau plantation owner George (Gardner in whiteface) is trying to save the remnants of his family's. *EnterMrs. PeytonandScudder, M'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R. M'Closky. The house of Mason Brothers, of Liverpool, failed some twenty years ago in my husband's debt. Ratts. "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. Scud. It's dem black trash, Mas'r George; dis ere property wants claring; dem's getting too numerous round; when I gets time I'll kill some on 'em, sure! Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. "No. Ah, George, our race has at least one virtue---it knows how to suffer! 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! Ratts. Lafouche. Paul! Dat's what her soul's gwine to do. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Dear George, you now see what a miserable thing I am. [Aside.] Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. [Dora*gets water.] O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? Why don't you speak, sir? [L.] Mr. George, I'm going to say somethin' that has been chokin' me for some time. I ain't ashamed of it---I do love the gal; but I ain't jealous of you, because I believe the only sincere feeling about you is your love for Zoe, and it does your heart good to have her image thar; but I believe you put it thar to spile. Point. [Tumbles upon the table.]. Each word you utter makes my love sink deeper into my heart. Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is---the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!---[Opens letter---reads.] [L.] Let the old darkey alone---eight hundred for that boy. Scud. Scud. [ExitPeteand all theNegroes,slowly,R.U.E. *Enter*Zoe[supposed to have overheard the last scene], L.U.E. Zoe. Then, as I knelt there, weeping for courage, a snake rattled beside me. If she could not accept me, who could? No, no! The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. Ho! Despite the happiness Zoe stands dying and the play ends with her death on the sitting-room couch and George kneeling beside her. I'm on you like a painter, and when I'm drawed out I'm pizin. Important Quotes. Do I? 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. Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! 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. go on. 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