{"id":13462,"date":"2011-04-26T02:19:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T02:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=13462"},"modified":"2014-11-23T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T16:56:38","slug":"13462","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=13462","title":{"rendered":"The Octoroon: A Play, In Four Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Octoroon: A Play, In Four Acts<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

First Performed at the Winter Garden Theatre
\nNew York, New York
\nDecember, 1859<\/p>\n

Dion Boucicault, ESQ<\/a><\/strong> (1820-1890)<\/p>\n

Text from James A. Cannavino Library, Marist University, Poughkeepsie, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Characters<\/span><\/td>\nOriginal Cast<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

GEORGE PEYTON (Mrs. Peyton’s
\nNephew, educated in Europe, and just returned home)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. A. H.
\nDavenport.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0JACOB M’CLOSKY
\n(formerly Overseer of Terrebonne, but now Owner of one half of the
\nEstate)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n


\nMr. T. B. Johnston.
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0SALEM SCUDDER
\n(a Yankee from Massachusetts, now Overseer of Terrebonne, great on
\nimprovements and inventions, once a Photographic Operator, and been
\na little of everything generally)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n


\nMr. J. Jefferson.
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0PETE (an “Ole Uncle,” once the late Judge’s
\nbody servant, but now “too ole to work, sa”)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. G. Jamieson.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0SUNNYSIDE (a Planter, Neighbour, and Old Friend of the
\nPeytons)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. G. Holland.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0LAFOUCHE
\n(a Rich Planter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Stoddart.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0PAUL
\n(a Yellow Boy, a favourite of the late Judge’s, and so allowed to do much as he
\nlikes)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Miss Burke.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0RATTS
\n(Captain of the Magnolia Steamer)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Harrison.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0COLONEL POINDEXTER
\n(an Auctioneer and Slave Salesman)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Russell.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0JULES THIBODEAUX
\n(a Young Creole Planter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Miss H. Secor.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0CAILLOU
\n(an Overseer)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Peck.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0JACKSON
\n(a Planter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Tree.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0CLAIBORNE
\n(the Auctioneer’s Clerk)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Ponisi.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0SOLON
\n(a Slave)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Styles.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0WAH-NO-TEE
\n(an Indian Chief of the Lepan Tribe)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mr. Pearson.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0MRS. PEYTON
\n(of Terrebonne Plantation, in the Attakapas, Widow of the late Judge Peyton)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mrs. Blake.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0ZOE
\n(an Octoroon Girl, free, the Natural Child of the late Judge by a Quadroon
\nSlave)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mrs. J. H. Allen.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0DORA SUNNYSIDE
\n(only Daughter and Heiress to Sunnyside, a Southern Belle)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mrs. Stoddart.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0GRACE
\n(a Yellow Girl, a Slave)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Miss Gimber<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0DIDO
\n(the Cook, a Slave)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u00a0Mrs. Dunn.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0MRS. CLAIBORNE\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Miss Clinton.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\u00a0MINNIE
\n(a Quadroon Slave)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Miss Walters.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Planters, Slaves, Deck Hands, &c.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Read the entire play here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Octoroon: A Play, In Four Acts First Performed at the Winter Garden Theatre New York, New York December, 1859 Dion Boucicault, ESQ (1820-1890) Text from James A. Cannavino Library, Marist University, Poughkeepsie, New York Characters Original Cast GEORGE PEYTON (Mrs. Peyton’s Nephew, educated in Europe, and just returned home) Mr. A. H. Davenport.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0JACOB […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,8,6940,20],"tags":[1627],"class_list":["post-13462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-media-archive","category-slavery","category-usa","tag-dion-boucicault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}