Just one month ago I quitted Paris. The Steamer floats on at back, burning. [Goes up.]. I'm broke, Solon---I can't stop the Judge. It will cost me all I'm worth. Save me---save me! [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. Zoe. Mrs. P.George, you are incorrigible. O, let all go, but save them! George. Scud. Poor child! Ratts. Happy to read and share the best inspirational Boucicault The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. Hush! Scud. Point. Author: Dahlia Lithwick. Zoe. Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. Here then, I'll put back these Peytons in Terrebonne, and they shall know you done it; yes, they'll have you to thank for saving them from ruin. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. 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. Yes, missus. Ugh' ach! He don't understand; he speaks a mash-up of Indian and Mexican. Hole yer tongues. George. Scud. And we all I tell ye, 't'ain't so---we can't do it---we've got to be sold---, Pete. You'se a dead man, Mas'r Clusky---you got to b'lieve dat. It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama. He plans to buy her and make her his mistress. ain't that a pooty gun. [Weeping.] he must not see me. *] Now, give it to me. ], Pete. He's yours, Captain Ratts, Magnolia steamer. Jackson. George. You don't come here to take life easy. Zoe. Dora. Come, Mr. Thibodeaux, a man has a chance once in his life---here's yours. Twelve thousand. Impossible; you have seen no one; whom can you mean? You be darned! Point. 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. "No. Sunny. Dora. Dora. Scud. Mrs. P.No, George; say you wept like a man. DORA played by a white actress or an actress who can pass as white. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. M'Closky,Why not? Hold on now, Jacob; we've got to figure on that---let us look straight at the thing. When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. 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, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? [Brings hammer down.] Sunny. have I fixed ye? Pete. Mrs. P.Terrebonne for sale, and you, sir, will doubtless become its purchaser. What's come ob de child? Point. . I say, Zoe, do you hear that? Here's the Picayune [producing paper] with the advertisement. We have known each other but a few days, but to me those days have been worth all the rest of my life. I won't go on; that man's down. Death was there beside me, and I dared not take it. I don't think you capable of anything else than---. Scud. Pete. [Rising.] Zoe. Each word you utter makes my love sink deeper into my heart. Say what you know---not what you heard. 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. Scud. If there's a chance of it, there's not a planter round here who wouldn't lend you the whole cash, to keep your name and blood amongst us. O, dear Zoe, is he in love with anybody? [Music.]. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. O, that's it, is it? The men begin to call for McClosky to be lynched, but Scudder convinces them to send him to jail instead. The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings Happy to read and share the best inspirational The Octoroon quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. Those little flowers can live, but I cannot. [Takes out his knife. Would you now? O, how d'ye do, sir? Lafouche. [A pause.] Aunt, when he died, two years ago, I read over those letters of his, and if I didn't cry like a baby---. Go it, if you're a mind to. Pete. You are right, sir; though I shrank from expressing that opinion in her presence, so bluntly. O, here he is. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. Be the first to contribute! Where is Mr. Scudder? Ask the color in your face; d'ye think I can't read you, like a book? Scud. I couldn't bear to see him put to work. O, how I lapped up her words, like a thirsty bloodhound! Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! "Ma'am, your nose drawed it. You gib me rattan, Mas'r Clostry, but I guess you take a berry long stick to Wahnotee; ugh, he make bacon of you. You seem already familiar with the names of every spot on the estate. I hope I'm not intruding. [Looking at watch.] Dido. 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. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. Zoe, you are young; your mirror must have told you that you are beautiful. Omnes. The earth has been stirred here lately. I will, quicker than lightning. EnterPete,R.U.E. [he is lame]; he carries a mop and pail. [To Jackson.] Scad. [L.] Yelping hound---take that. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. 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. George. Scud. 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. Will ye? Paul. The child---'tis he! Would you rob me first, and murder me afterwards? One thousand bid. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? Well, he gone dar hisself; why, I tink so---'cause we missed Paul for some days, but nebber tout nothin' till one night dat Injiun Wahnotee suddenly stood right dar 'mongst us---was in his war paint, and mighty cold and grave---he sit down by de fire. Lafouche. 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---. Lafouche. [Laughs.]. Scud. Dido. The Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Menu Edit The Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. If I must die, give me up to the law; but save me from the tomahawk. Do not weep, George. Is there any other bid? [Sits,R.] Look thar! And all for the sake of that old woman and that young puppy---eh? Mrs. Pey. His love for me will pass away---it shall. here are marks of blood---look thar, red-skin, what's that? Tullian Tchividjian. The word Octoroon signifies "one-eighth blood" or the child of a Quadroon by a white. If you want a quarrel---. Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is---the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!---[Opens letter---reads.] That boy and the Indian have gone down to the landing for the post-bags; they'll idle on the way as usual; my mare will take me across the swamp, and before they can reach the shed, I'll have purified them bags---ne'er a letter shall show this mail. . [Re-enters from boat.] Captain, you've loaded up here until the boat is sunk so deep in the mud she won't float. Point. How long before we start, captain? Come, Paul, are you ready? black as nigger; clar as ice. Dora said you were slow; if she could hear you now---. "Whar's Paul?" It's surely worth the love that dictated it; here are the papers and accounts. M'Closkyruns off,L.1. Mrs. P.O, Salem! Daisaku Ikeda Culture is like the current of the ocean. Not a picayune. Dion Boucicault. This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. Mrs. P. Scud. Then, if I sink every dollar I'm worth in her purchase, I'll own that Octoroon. two forms! That is the ineffaceable curse of Cain. I'd be darned glad if somebody would tear my past life away from me. Coventry Patmore, if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. Pete. [Knocks.] You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. [Rising.] tink anybody wants you to cry? stan' round thar! Dis way, gen'l'men; now Solon---Grace---dey's hot and tirsty---sangaree, brandy, rum. Point. I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. [Knocks.] Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. 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. E. Paul. What's here? Hey! Where is he? And our mother, she who from infancy treated me with such fondness, she who, as you said, had most reason to spurn me, can she forget what I am? Mrs. Pey. [Zoe*helps her. What, Zoe! [1] I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. 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? Don't b'lieve it, Mas'r George; dem black tings never was born at all; dey swarmed one mornin' on a sassafras tree in the swamp: I cotched 'em; dey ain't no 'count. They are gone!---[*Glancing at*George.] [He is borne off in boat, struggling. It is in the hearts of brave men, who can tell right from wrong, and from whom justice can't be bought. E.---Wahnoteefaces him.---Fight---buss. She nebber was 'worth much 'a dat nigger. George. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? Two hundred and forty-nine times! Do you know what I am? Hold on, Jacob, I'm coming to that---I tell ye, I'm such a fool---I can't bear the feeling, it keeps at me like a skin complaint, and if this family is sold up---. is dat him creeping dar? Lafouche. 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. Come, the hour is past. ], George. I'll gib it you! Why you tremble so? Lafouche. The house of Mason Brothers, of Liverpool, failed some twenty years ago in my husband's debt. Scud. I didn't know whether they are completely honest. George. Point. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. 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. Wahnotee. Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! You see how easily I have become reconciled to my fate---so it will be with you. Hold on! McClosky, however, outbids her for Zoe; George is restrained from attacking him by his friends. ZOE played by an octoroon actress, a white actress, a quadroon actress, a biracial actress, a multi-racial actress, or an actress of color who can pass as an octoroon. [Opens desk.] Zoe (an Octoroon Girl, free, the Natural Child of the late Judge by a Quadroon Slave) Mrs. J. H. Allen. Darn it, when I see a woman in trouble, I feel like selling the skin off my back. George, George, your words take away my breath! Grace. Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroon with everyone. I ain't no count, sar. Now, Jacob M'Closky, you despise me because you think I'm a fool; I despise you because I know you to be a knave. Essay Topics. Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. Eleven hundred---going---going---sold! O! I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. Scud. The machine can't err---you may mistake your phiz but the apparatus don't." Scud. Zoe, you are pale. His greatest successes however, were on London's stages. Ten miles we've had to walk, because some blamed varmin onhitched our dug-out. Debbel's in de pail! Look here, you're free, you know nary a master to hurt you now: you will stop here as long as you're a mind to, only don't look so. Don't say that, ma'am; don't say that to a man that loves another gal. Everybody---that is, I heard so. [Sits. In some form, human, or wild beast, or ghost, it has tracked me through the night. M'Closky overhears their conversation, but still vows he'll "have her if it costs [him] [his] life" (44). Is not Dora worth any man's---. M'Closky. [*Throws bowie-knife to*M'Closky.] Go on, Colonel---Colonel Pointdexter, ma'am---the mortgagee, auctioneer, and general agent. ], M'Closky. The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' good, good nurse: you will, you will. You don't come here to take life easy. It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. Mr. Peyton! We'll hire out our slaves, and live on their wages. Scud. Dido. Grace (a Yellow Girl, a Slave) Miss Gimber Dido (the Cook, a Slave) Mrs. Dunn. Scud. The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. I shall never understand how to wound the feelings of any lady; and, if that is the custom here, I shall never acquire it. 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