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! (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"

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