The men accuse Wahnotee of the murder, and McClosky calls for him to be lynched. Look dar! M'Closky. Hold on, now! M'Closky. [Exit slowly, as if concealing himself,R.U.E. George. George R R Martin. Dido. That part of it all is performance for the media. George. [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. A julep, gal, that's my breakfast, and a bit of cheese. Dat's right, missus! Mr. M'Closky has bid twenty-five thousand dollars for the Octoroon. Grace. I feel that I departed amid universal and sincere regret. George. Mrs. P.George, you are incorrigible. You're trembling so, you'll fall down directly. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. Zoe. Scud. How can she then ask her father to free me? Paul. the rat's out. If you haven't spoiled her, I fear I have. I fled; it followed. George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! You can't control everything in life Gemma Burgess, Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty, transparent fingers. Scud. Ratts. Hillo, darkey, hand me a smash dar. Zoe. George, O, forgive me! "Ma'am, your nose drawed it. this is worth taking to---in this desk the judge used to keep one paper I want---this should be it. You got dat bottle of rum hid under your blanket---gib it up now, you---Yar! O, dear Zoe, is he in love with anybody? Mr. Lafouche, why, how do you do, sir? O, Miss Zoe, why you ask ole Dido for dis pizen? Scud. In comparison, a quadroon would have one quarter African ancestry and a mulatto for the most part has historically implied half African ancestry. Hillo! Coventry Patmore, if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. Denora Boone, Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. DORA played by a white actress or an actress who can pass as white. Zoe!---she faints! George. George. I love one who is here, and he loves me---George. my dear, dear father! Zoe. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. It's going up dar, whar dere's no line atween folks. What? She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. Darn ye! [*Goes*L.] Paul reste el! The Judge is a little deaf. [*To*Wahnotee.] *EnterPaul,wrestling with*Wahnotee,R.3. Come, Miss Dora, let me offer you my arm. Poor child! No, sar; but dem vagabonds neber take de 'specable straight road, dey goes by de swamp. 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. [Fire seen,R.]. Quotations by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American Playwright, Born December 29, 1984. Dido. what are you doing there, you young varmint! You nasty, lying Injiun! You can protect me from that man---do let me die without pain. We'll hire out our slaves, and live on their wages. [*Throws bowie-knife to*M'Closky.] Sunny. Scud. And, strangers, ain't we forgetting there's a lady present. I don't like that man. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? M'Closky. 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. Uh---uh, let's have a peep. Zoe (an Octoroon Girl, free, the Natural Child of the late Judge by a Quadroon Slave) Mrs. J. H. Allen. I the sharer of your sorrows---your wife. what are you blowing about like a steamboat with one wheel for? I shan't interfere. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. Because I heard that you had traduced my character. Hold on! M'Closky. Pete. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? what will become of her when I am gone? M'Closky. Zoe. [*Takes fan from*Minnie.] Say what you know---not what you heard. Then I will go to a parlor house and have them top up a bathtub with French champagne and I will strip and dive into it with a bare-assed blonde and a redhead and an octoroon and the four of us will get completely presoginated and laugh and let long bubbly farts at hell and baptize each other in the name of the Trick, the Prick, and the Piper-Heidsick. Raits. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses; and take dis, Dido. Pete Hamill, The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. Peyton.] M'Closky. It makes my blood so hot I feel my heart hiss. What, you won't, won't ye? dead---and above him---Ah! Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. Paul has promised me a bear and a deer or two. Get out, you cub! Zoe. Fifty against one! You called it yourself; you wanted to make us murder that Injiun; and since we've got our hands in for justice, we'll try it on you. Ah! Pete. I'll take back my bid, Colonel. (p. 221) Daniel J. Siegel. Mrs. P.Yes; the firm has recovered itself, and I received a notice two months ago that some settlement might be anticipated. *EnterPete, Dido, Solon, Minnie,and*Grace. I'll clear him off there---he'll never know what stunned him. Eight hundred agin, then---I'll go it.
Here 'tis---now you give one timble-full---dat's nuff. Deborah Blake, I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Ya! George, do you see that hand you hold? Zoe. And so you really kept those foolish letters? top till I get enough of you in one place! You have been tried---honestly tried and convicted. But now I guess it will arrive too late---these darned U. S. mails are to blame. Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. Yes, for I'd rather be black than ungrateful! is dat him creeping dar? Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroon with everyone. Now, I feel bad about my share in the business. Jackson. Scud. Hush! Each word you utter makes my love sink deeper into my heart. [Re-enters with phial.] [Looking at watch.] Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? Git away dere! He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. No other cause to hate---to envy me---to be jealous of me---eh? What was her name? Go on, Pete, you've waked up the Christian here, and the old hoss responds. Hello, Pete, I never heard of that affair. Who is it? M'Closky. [Knocks.] I couldn't bear to see him put to work. You begged me to call this morning. If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like. Poor little Paul! You see dat hole in dar, sar. Scud. Mrs. P.And you hesitated from motives of delicacy? Paul. I'm responsible for the crittur---go on. Well, he has the oddest way of making love. [R.] Then why don't you buy it yourself, Colonel? [Dora*gets water.] Pete. [Throws down apron.] Stop; this would. I know you'll excuse it. [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. I shall see this estate pass from me without a sigh, for it possesses no charm for me; the wealth I covet is the love of those around me---eyes that are rich in fond looks, lips that breathe endearing words; the only estate I value is the heart of one true woman, and the slaves I'd have are her thoughts. Yes, ma'am, I hold a mortgage over Terrebonne; mine's a ninth, and pretty near covers all the property, except the slaves. You gib me rattan, Mas'r Clostry, but I guess you take a berry long stick to Wahnotee; ugh, he make bacon of you. Weenee Paul. Hold on a bit, I get you de bottle. What's here---judgments? You don't expect to recover any of this old debt, do you? Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. You will not give me to that man? Jackson. I'm afraid they must be right; I can't understand a word of all this. Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is---the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!---[Opens letter---reads.] [Looks through camera] O, golly! [Tableaux.]. Pete. M'Closky,Why not? A draft for eighty-five thousand dollars, and credit on Palisse and Co., of New Orleans, for the balance. Point. Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? 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. Yes! There is a gulf between us, as wide as your love, as deep as my despair; but, O, tell me, say you will pity me! 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. My father gives me freedom---at least he thought so. The Octoroon Act II Summary & Analysis. Impossible; you have seen no one; whom can you mean? Come here quite; now quite. Pete. George. D'ye call running away from a fellow catching him? All Rights Reserved. New York, NY, Linda Ray
that'll save her. Mr. George is in love with Zoe. At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroonwith everyone. I always said you were the darndest thief that ever escaped a white jail to misrepresent the North to the South. Zoe, bring here the judge's old desk; it is in the library. [Offers hand,Georgebows coldly,R. C.] [aside.] Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] E.---Wahnoteefaces him.---Fight---buss. No; the hitching line was cut with a knife. I will; for it is agin my natur' to b'lieve him guilty; and if he be, this ain't the place, nor you the authority to try him. Ah. *] What a good creature she is. [Outside,R.] Whar's Missus---whar's Mas'r George? No---no. This is folly, Dora. Pete. What's dat? 'Cos I's skeered to try! [Shouts heard,R.]. Dem debils. Paul! Dat's de laziest nigger on dis yere property. You killed the boy to steal this letter from the mail-bags---you stole this letter, that the money should not arrive in time to save the Octoroon; had it done so, the lien on the estate would have ceased, and Zoe be free. Dion Boucicault Quotes - BrainyQuote. I'd be darned glad if somebody would tear my past life away from me. George. Debbel's in de pail! To "Mrs. Peyton, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States." *] Now, give it to me. Just turn your face a leetle this way---fix your---let's see---look here. Zoe. Subject to your life interest and an annuity to Zoe, is it not so? 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. Lafouche. Mrs. Claiborne Miss Clinton. Ratts. I left my loves and my creditors equally inconsolable. he must not see me. Scud. [R.U.E.] I was raised on dis yar plantation---neber see no door in it---always open, sar, for stranger to walk in. Just one month ago I quitted Paris. If Omenee remain, Wahnotee will die in Terrebonne. They have realized that Paul is missing, and most believe him dead. I brought half this ruin on this family, with my all-fired improvements. [Wakes.] Zoe. Mas'r Ratts, you hard him sing about de place where de good niggers go, de last time. I am his love---he loves an Octoroon. Paul. So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. With Dora's wealth, he explains, Terrebonne will not be sold and the slaves will not have to be separated. Zoe. Top, sar! Zoe. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. Try him, then---try him on the spot of his crime. M'Closky. M'Closky. Dion Boucicault. [Dies.---George*lowers her head gently.---Kneels.---Others form picture. 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