The Octoroon
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The Octoroon or "Life in Louisiana", by Dion Boucicault. A melodrama about a half-caste.
Written in 1859, it was first??*
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: Produced in South Africa by Disney Roebuck on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town.
Source
World Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll.
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