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!.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Grow the Lilacs (as source material) | 1 |
| Green Grow the Lilacs (play) | 1 |
| Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk drama
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Oklahoma! (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma! (musical)
|
| author | Lynn Riggs ⓘ |
| basisFor |
Oklahoma! (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma! (musical)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| genre |
folk drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasActStructure | multiple acts ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ado Annie Carnes
ⓘ
surface form:
Ado Annie
Aunt Eller ⓘ Jud Fry ⓘ Will Parker ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Curly McLain
ⓘ
surface form:
Curly
Laurey Williams ⓘ
surface form:
Laurey
|
| 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" ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Green Grow the Lilacs (play)
subject surface form:
Oklahoma!
subject surface form:
Oklahoma! (musical)
subject surface form:
Oklahoma! (musical)
this entity surface form:
Green Grow the Lilacs (as source material)
subject surface form:
Oklahoma!
this entity surface form:
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
subject surface form:
Lynn Riggs