Lynn Riggs

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American playwright person playwright stage play

Lynn Riggs was an American playwright best known for his play "Green Grow the Lilacs," which served as the basis for the landmark musical "Oklahoma!".

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Green Grow the Lilacs 0
Lynn Riggs (playwright) 1
Lynn Riggs Papers 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American playwright ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
activeIn 20th-century American theatre ⓘ
archivesAt University of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: University of Oklahoma Libraries
author Lynn Riggs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
basedOn Green Grow the Lilacs ⓘ
birthName Rollie Lynn Riggs ⓘ
burialPlace Claremore, Oklahoma Territory, United States ⓘ
surface form: Claremore, Oklahoma, United States
causeOfDeath stomach cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-08-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1954-06-30 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Nation
familyName Riggs ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
regional drama ⓘ
givenName Lynn ⓘ
hasWorkSubject Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people

Oklahoma ⓘ
rural life in the American Southwest ⓘ
influencedWork Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma! (musical)
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
English ⓘ
movement American theatre ⓘ
name Lynn Riggs self-link ⓘ
notableWork Green Grow the Lilacs ⓘ
Roadside ⓘ
The Cherokee Night ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Claremore, Oklahoma Territory, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence New York City ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
subjectOf Lynn Riggs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lynn Riggs Papers
wrote Green Grow the Lilacs ⓘ
Roadside ⓘ
The Cherokee Night ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green Grow the Lilacs → author → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Lynn Riggs → author → Lynn Riggs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Grow the Lilacs
Riggs → author → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Grow the Lilacs
Roadside → author → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
The Cherokee Night → author → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Ali Hakim → basedOnAuthor → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Jud Fry → basedOnAuthor → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Away We Go! → basedOnWorkBy → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma!
The Cherokee Night → hasCreator → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Riggs → hasNotableBearer → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Riggs → hasNotableBearer → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lynn Riggs (playwright)
Lynn Riggs → name → Lynn Riggs self-link ⓘ
The Cherokee Night → playwright → Lynn Riggs ⓘ
Lynn Riggs → subjectOf → Lynn Riggs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lynn Riggs Papers
Roadside → workOf → Lynn Riggs ⓘ