you're looking well. [They get on table.]. 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. M'Closky. Zoe. 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! ", Zoe. give me the rest that no master but One can disturb---the sleep from which I shall awake free! I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like. 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. There's one name on the list of slaves scratched, I see. George. M'Closky. Mrs. P.Why, George, I never suspected this! Then, if they go, they'll take Zoe---she'll follow them. [R. C.] That's my son---buy him, Mas'r Ratts; he's sure to sarve you well. Don't be afraid; it ain't going for that, Judge. don't think too hardly of your poor father. Yes, for you, for me, for dem little ones, dem folks cried. Was dat?---a cry out dar in de swamp---dar agin! Mrs. P.[R.] No, George; your uncle said to me with his dying breath, "Nellie, never leave Terrebonne," and I never will leave it, till the law compels me. M'Closky. 'Cos I's skeered to try! No, dear. [*With-draws slide, turns and sees*Paul.] What say ye? What court of law would receive such evidence? 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. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. [Enters house.]. Zoe. George says he can "overcome the obstacle" (43), but Zoe protests that they cannot be together. Dido. Zoe, will you remain here? Stand around and let me pass---room thar! Then buy the hands along with the property. Ya! [Raising his voice.] Irish - Dramatist December 26, 1822 - September 18, 1890. M'Closky. Dora. 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? Mrs. P.Read, George. He can fight though he's a painter; claws all over. Sunny. [R.] Well, what's the use of argument whar guilt sticks out so plain; the boy and Injiun were alone when last seen. The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. [R.] Then why don't you buy it yourself, Colonel? Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] Just as McClosky points out the blood on Wahnotee's tomahawk, the oldest slave, Pete, comes to give them the photographic plate which has captured McClosky's deed. [Shakes hands withGeorge.] I will, quicker than lightning. Zoe. The word Octoroon signifies "one-eighth blood" or the child of a Quadroon by a white. Scud. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. D'ye call running away from a fellow catching him? Pete. George. And all for the sake of that old woman and that young puppy---eh? It was that rascal M'Closky---but he got rats, I avow---he killed the boy, Paul, to rob this letter from the mail-bags---the letter from Liverpool you know---he sot fire to the shed---that was how the steamboat got burned up. Zoe. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. That part of it all is performance for the media. now mind. That's a challenge to begin a description of my feminine adventures. Pete. can you smile at this moment? I don't tink you will any more, but dis here will; 'cause de family spile Dido, dey has. I wish they could sell me! George. Well, that has come out clear, ain't it? [*Points down, and shows by pantomime how he buried*Paul.]. Mrs. P.George, you are incorrigible. Dido. Tousand dollars, Massa Thibodeaux. George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. | Privacy Policy Don't be a fool; they'd kill you, and then take her, just as soon as---stop; Old Sunnyside, he'll buy her! So! Thank'ye. George. "I'm afraid to die; yet I am more afraid to live," Zoe says, asking Dido to "protect me from that mando let me die without pain" (70). Excuse me ladies. I can't introduce any darned improvement there. [Eagerly.] So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. Buy me, Mas'r Ratts, do buy me, sar? Sign that receipt, captain, and save me going up to the clerk. I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! George goes to Dora and begins to propose to her; while he is doing so, however, he has a change of heart and decides not to lie to her. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. I'd give half the balance of my life to wipe out my part of the work. What am goin' to cum ob us! Mrs. P.O, sir, I don't value the place for its price, but for the many happy days I've spent here; that landscape, flat and uninteresting though it may be, is full of charm for me; those poor people, born around me, growing up about my heart, have bounded my view of life; and now to lose that homely scene, lose their black, ungainly faces; O, sir, perhaps you should be as old as I am, to feel as I do, when my past life is torn away from me. [Raises hammer.] Ratts. I must see you no more. Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroon with everyone. Scud. Ah! [Rises.] Scud. To "Mrs. Peyton, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States." I tell ye dar's somebody in dar. We work. What you's gwine to do, missey? Dora. Peyton.] Go it, if you're a mind to. Away with him---put him down the aft hatch, till we rig his funeral. Here she is---Zoe!---water---she faints. [*To*Wahnotee.] Zoe. Good day, ma'am. Scud. what will become of her when I am gone? [Aside to Sunnyside.] | Privacy Policy But now I guess it will arrive too late---these darned U. S. mails are to blame. Ratts. clar out! Look dar! Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory. It's soooo dark. What's this, eh? George. Zoe! Zoe. what a bright, gay creature she is! [Zoe sings without,L.]. And so you really kept those foolish letters? Wal, as it consarns you, perhaps you better had. Enjoy the best Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes at BrainyQuote. [Tumbles upon the table.]. He's yours, Mr. George Peyton. Hold on, George Peyton---stand back. Paul. My father gives me freedom---at least he thought so. I am free! 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. M'Closky. George, do you see that hand you hold? What, on Terrebonne! O! 3, Pete, a house servant. Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? Paul. Ratts. George---George---hush---they come! You're trembling so, you'll fall down directly. [Aside.] Lynch him! Ya! Scud. [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. Ratts. Is this a dream---for my brain reels with the blow? Glendon Swarthout, Never believe in any faith younger than you are." Scud. McClosky, however, outbids her for Zoe; George is restrained from attacking him by his friends. M'Closky. If we can't behave like Christians, let's try and act like gentlemen. He's yours, Captain Ratts, Magnolia steamer. Zoe. *], [Light fires.---Draw flats and discoverPaul'sgrave.---M'Closky*dead on top of it.---Wahnoteestanding triumphantly over him.*]. Paul. Now, what have you done to show them the distinction? "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. There's no chance of it. George. Impossible; you have seen no one; whom can you mean? So it is. I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. Sharon Gannon. Be the first to contribute! That Indian is a nuisance. [Calls off.] 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? Look there, jurymen. Point. Darn it, when I see a woman in trouble, I feel like selling the skin off my back. M'Closky. Guess that you didn't leave anything female in Europe that can lift an eyelash beside that gal. Point. Pete. Scud. Has not my dear aunt forgotten it---she who had the most right to remember it? Ratts. [R. C.] Pardon me, madam, but do you know these papers? 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. Debbel's in de pail! Zoe, you are young; your mirror must have told you that you are beautiful. George. E. Paul. 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. O! Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' Never, aunt! Well, he has the oddest way of making love. Get out, you cub! Pete. All. Zoe. You love George; you love him dearly; I know it: and you deserve to be loved by him. I bid seven thousand, which is the last dollar this family possesses. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! I will! [L.] Mr. George, I'm going to say somethin' that has been chokin' me for some time. Zoe. Dora. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. No, sar; nigger nebber cut stick on Terrebonne; dat boy's dead, sure. Scud. O, here he is. We must excuse Scudder, friends. I must operate and take my own likeness too---how debbel I do dat? I fled; it followed. Pete. Sunny. Scud. May Heaven bless him for the thought, bless him for the happiness he spread around my life. George. thank you. I've got four plates ready, in case we miss the first shot. Mrs. P.No wonder! Fifteen thousand bid for the Octoroon. 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. George. George. O, Zoe! he's allers in for it. Scud. If young George Peyton was to make you the same offer, you'd jump at it, pretty darned quick, I guess. Dora. Zoe. [Sighing.] The sheriff from New Orleans has taken possession---Terrebonne is in the hands of the law. O, aunt! I lost them in the cedar swamp---again they haunted my path down the bayou, moving as I moved, resting when I rested---hush! [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. Scud. Ratts. Zoe, you are pale. [*ExitScudderand*Mrs. Peyton,R.U.E. George. He is said to have "combined sentiment, wit and local colour with sensational and spectacular endings" (Nova). Give us evidence. Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. Laws, mussey! Yah! "But, mister, that ain't my nose." Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. [C.] My dear aunt, why do you not move from this painful scene? Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. Mr. Scudder, take us with you---Mr. Peyton is so slow, there's no getting him, on. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Yes; you was the first to hail Judge Lynch. What's dat? Scud. [Dora*gets water.] Darn ye! [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. Ugh! If she could not accept me, who could? shall we have one law for the red-skin and another for the white? O, that's it, is it? Yours, &c, James Brown." Bless'ee, Missey Zoe, here it be. Do you know what I am? He's an Injiun---fair play. Uh---uh, let's have a peep. ExitSolon,R.U.E.] Dem little niggers is a judgment upon dis generation. The Octoroon's Sacrifice (1912) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. Zoe. Ratts. Quotations by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American Playwright, Born December 29, 1984. Dora. Yes; No. [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] save me! Mrs. P.Yes; the firm has recovered itself, and I received a notice two months ago that some settlement might be anticipated. [Re-enters with phial.] Are you ready? Why not! After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. Scud. If you bid me do so I will obey you---. Hark! Omnes. Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. Scud. He calls me Omenee, the Pigeon, and Miss Zoe is Ninemoosha, the Sweetheart. [Raises hand to back of his neck.] Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. Sunny. New York, NY, Linda Ray Let me hide them till I teach my heart. Zoe. Mrs. P.The child was a favorite of the judge, who encouraged his gambols. Come, Mr. Thibodeaux, a man has a chance once in his life---here's yours. here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? ExitScudderandPete,R.1. Dora. This is folly, Dora. George. Paul. No other cause to hate---to envy me---to be jealous of me---eh? George still loves Zoe, telling her: "[T]his knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I . Hold quiet, you trash o' niggers! O, how d'ye do, sir? top till I get enough of you in one place! The men begin to call for McClosky to be lynched, but Scudder convinces them to send him to jail instead. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? Yes, den a glass ob fire-water; now den. He loves Zoe, and has found out that she loves him. I will be thirty years old again in thirty seconds. Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. look sar! Mr. M'Closky has bid twenty-five thousand dollars for the Octoroon. Yes, I love you---I did not know it until your words showed me what has been in my heart; each of them awoke a new sense, and now I know how unhappy---how very unhappy I am. The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. Yes, Mas'r George, dey was born here; and old Pete is fonder on 'em dan he is of his fiddle on a Sunday. I thought I heard the sound of a paddle in the water. Mrs. P.And you hesitated from motives of delicacy? The conflict centers around Zoe, "the Octoroon", a term used at the time to describe a person who was 1/8 African, 7/8 Caucasian. Pete. The Octoroon or The Lily of Louisiana is a dark tale of crime, race and slavery. He loves me---what of that? Curse their old families---they cut me---a bilious, conceited, thin lot of dried up aristocracy. Is there any other bid? I will! George. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Zoe. You are a white man; you'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin? Scud. He don't understand; he speaks a mash-up of Indian and Mexican. No, [looks off,R.] 'tis Pete and the servants---they come this way. Mrs. P.So, Pete, you are spoiling those children as usual! His love for me will pass away---it shall. What's here---judgments? Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. George. [Throws down apron.] M'Closky. I'm going to straighten this account clear out. Thank you, Mas'r Ratts: I die for you, sar; hold up for me, sar. M'Closky. [Reads.] We got the horses saddled, and galloped down the shell road over the Piney Patch; then coasting the Bayou Lake, we crossed the long swamps, by Paul's Path, and so came home again. Wahnotee. O! [Makes sign thatPaulwas killed by a blow on the head.]. He's too fond of thieving and whiskey. Where am I to get it? I'm afraid to die; yet I am more afraid to live. Job had none of them critters on his plantation, else he'd never ha' stood through so many chapters. And what shall I say? this old Liverpool debt---that may cross me---if it only arrive too late---if it don't come by this mail---Hold on! Dear George, you now see what a miserable thing I am. Scud. Then, if I sink every dollar I'm worth in her purchase, I'll own that Octoroon. De time he gone just 'bout enough to cook dat dish plate. laws a massey! Peyton.]. Excuse me, I'll light a cigar. Stay, Mr. Peyton; Zoe, a word! Will she gladly see you wedded to the child of her husband's slave? The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings Happy to read and share the best inspirational The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. Zoe. 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! Ratts. I say, Zoe, do you hear that? Go with Dora to Sunnyside. Dar, do ye hear dat, ye mis'able darkies, dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is. ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. I felt it---and how she can love! Look there. [Pause.] Zoe. 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. I left my loves and my creditors equally inconsolable. Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. 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