Green Grow the Lilacs (play)

Green Grow the Lilacs
First edition 1931
Written by	Lynn Riggs
Date premiered	December 8, 1930
Place premiered	Tremont Theater, Boston
Original language	English
Subject	Love
Genre	Drama
Setting	Indian 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.