An imaginative and richly humorous play dealing with a girl in a covered wagon who falls in love with a tall-talking, hell-shooting man of the West. Result: hilarious conflict between these free spirits and the forces of "law and order."
Rollie Lynn Riggs (August 31, 1899 – June 30, 1954) wrote 21 full-length plays, several short stories, poems, and a television script.
The Theatre Guild produced his most well-known play, Green Grow The Lilacs, on Broadway in 1931, where it ran for 64 performances. The musical Oklahoma!, based on Riggs' play, opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943, and ran until May 29, 1948 for 2,212 performances.