The Octoroon

The Octoroon is a melodrama by Dion Boucicault.

Also known as The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana.

The original text
A melodrama about a half-caste, it was written in 1859, it was first??*

Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 22-23 May by the Le Roy and Duret Company, with The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana (Boucicault)

1866: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 24 May by the Le Roy and Duret Company, with Bachelor's Buttons (Stirling), as a "complimentary Testimonial to the favourite artiste Mme. Duret by her Admirers".

1867: Performed by "Le Roy's Original Company" in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town on 11 February, with An April Fool (Halliday and Brough).

1876: Performed by the company of Disney Roebuck on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his new Theatre Royal, in Burg Street, Cape Town.

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