The Octoroon
Octoroon, The
Alternative Title: Life in Louisiana
Author: Dion Boucicault
First Performance: 1859, New York
Published: 1859
Genre: Melodrama in 5 acts
Setting: Terrebonne plantation and Mississippi wharf, Louisana, 1850s
Cast: 11m, 8f, extras
George Peyton is hoping to inherit the Terrebonne plantation from his aunt Mrs Peyton, although the extravagance of her late husband forced him to mortgage half to a villainous overseer, Jacob M'Closky, and to entrust the other half to the honest but incompetent Salem Scudder. Dora Sunnyside, a wealthy heiress, loves George, but he is attracted to the beautiful octoroon Zoe. On learning that Mrs Peyton is hoping to receive money owing to her, M'Closky murders Paul, the slave carrying the hoped-for banker's draft, and steals it. So...
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