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The Octoroon

by Dion Boucicault
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781419175879
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 64
  • Original Price: USD 19.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 123 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Octoroon is a play written by Dion Boucicault, first performed in 1859. The play is set in Louisiana and explores themes of race, identity, and love. The main character, Zoe, is an octoroon (a person of one-eighth black ancestry) who is raised as a free woman by her white father. She falls in love with a white man, George, but their relationship is complicated by the racial tensions of the time. Meanwhile, a wealthy plantation owner, Jacob McCloskey, is determined to marry Zoe for her inheritance. The play features a cast of colorful characters, including a scheming slave trader and a Native American warrior. The Octoroon was a groundbreaking work for its time, as it was one of the first plays to address the issue of slavery and race in America. It is still performed today and is considered a classic of American theater.M'Closky . Ask the color in your face: d'ye think I can't read you, like a book? With your New England hypocrisy, you would persuade yourself that it was this family alone you cared for; it ain't--you know it ain't--'tis the ""Octoroon""; and you love her as I do; and, you hate me because I'm your rival--that's where the tears come from, Salem Scudder, if you ever shed any--that's where the shoe pinches.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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