The Octoroon

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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??*

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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.


Sources

World Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.221



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