 As a result of this, in 1859 he wrote, produced, and acted in a very famous antislavery play called “The Octoroon” (Rowell 173).He and his wife played the leads and, after the first week of runs, only earned about 1500 dollars between the two of them.Dion thought this was a bit unfair since he had done the majority of the work for the production and asked for a larger cut for both him and his wife.