Green Grow the Lilacs

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Green Grow the Lilacs is a 1931 stage play by Lynn Riggs, a folk drama set in Indian Territory that later served as the basis for the musical Oklahoma!.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk drama
stage play
adaptedAs Oklahoma! (musical)
author Lynn Riggs
basisFor Oklahoma! (musical)
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPerformanceDate 1931
firstPublicationDate 1931
genre folk drama
romantic drama
hasActStructure multiple acts
hasCharacter Ado Annie
linked to: Ado Annie Carnes

Aunt Eller
Jud Fry
Will Parker
hasMainCharacter Curly
linked to: Curly McLain

Laurey
linked to: Laurey Williams
notableFor being the source material for the musical Oklahoma!
originalLanguage English
partOf American theatre canon
settingLocation Indian Territory
settingTime early 20th century
theme frontier community life
romantic relationships
rural life in Indian Territory
titleDerivedFrom traditional folk song "Green Grow the Lilacs"

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Oklahoma! basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
subject linked to: Oklahoma! (stage production)
Oklahoma! notableSong Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
subject linked to: Oklahoma! (stage production)
linked to: Green Grow the Lilacs
Away We Go! basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
Away We Go! follows Green Grow the Lilacs (as source material)
linked to: Green Grow the Lilacs
Theatre Guild notableWork Green Grow the Lilacs
Ado Annie Carnes workBasedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
Ali Hakim basedOnWork Green Grow the Lilacs
Lynn Riggs notableWork Green Grow the Lilacs
Lynn Riggs wrote Green Grow the Lilacs
Oklahoma! (musical) basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
subject linked to: Lynn Riggs
Jud Fry basedOnWork Green Grow the Lilacs
Pore Jud Is Daid workBasedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
Oklahoma (state song) basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs (play)
linked to: Green Grow the Lilacs
Lynn Riggs notableWork Green Grow the Lilacs
subject linked to: Riggs
Oklahoma! basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
subject linked to: Riggs
Rollie Lynn Riggs notableWork Green Grow the Lilacs
Oklahoma! (musical) basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs
subject linked to: Rollie Lynn Riggs
Jud Fry basedOnWork Green Grow the Lilacs