Overview
Character Name
BJJ
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Lead
Time & Place
A theater and a slave plantation in Louisiana
Analysis
BJJ is the playwright of An Octoroon. He is African-American and has written this show as a way of getting excited by his work again. When his attempt to find some white, male actors to play a slave owner fails, he decides to play those roles himself. He puts on white face
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