Winter 2025
Daly and Monks introduce this issue on Boucicault’s The Octoroon by reflecting on the theme of debt.
Being ‘an actor’ in An Octoroon
Jolly Abraham reflects on playing the Assistant and Paul in the 2022 Abbey Theatre production of An Octoroon.
Designing An Octoroon
Georgia Lowe reflects on designing An Octoroon for the Orange Tree Theatre and the National Theatre in London in 2017.
Affects
Short essays by Eltis, McNulty and Schweitzer on the sensations provoked by Boucicault’s melodrama, and Jacobs-Jenkins’ investigation of their legacies and politics.
Reception and Afterlives
Short essays by Riordan, Chen and Lonergan investigating the endings and afterlives of The/An Octoroon.
Images
Dorney, Hofer-Robinson, Hull, Murphy, Novak and Williams consider the significance of makeup, photography and tableaux in the plays’ representation of race.