The Octoroon
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| Originally published | July 1859 |
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| Playwright | Dion Boucicault |
| Adapted from | The Quadroon; or, Adventures in the Far West |
| Adaptations | The Octoroon |
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| ID | 2477842 |
About The Octoroon
The Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault that opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. Extremely popular, the play was kept running continuously for years by seven road companies. Among antebellum melodramas, it was considered second in popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin.