Green Grow the Lilacs (play)

Green Grow the Lilacs
First edition 1931
Written byLynn Riggs
Date premieredDecember 8, 1930
Place premieredTremont Theater, Boston
Original languageEnglish
SubjectLove
GenreDrama
SettingIndian Territory (Oklahoma), 1900

Green Grow the Lilacs is a play by Lynn Riggs.[1] It was performed 64 times on Broadway, opening at the Guild Theatre on January 26, 1931, and closing March 21, 1931. It had had an out-of-town tryout, running January 19–24, 1931, at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. It is the basis of the 1943 musical Oklahoma!, which had a 1955 film adaptation.

  1. ^ Green Grow The Lilacs: A Play, Lynn Riggs, Samuel French Inc., 1931 ISBN 0-573-60962-4.