BIG LAKE

A Tragedy in Two Parts

PLAYS BY

LYNN RIGGS

Knives from Syria. Comedy in 1 act. In One-Act Plays for Stage and Study, 3rd Series. Samuel French.

Big Lake. Tragedy in 2 Parts. Samuel French.

Sump’n Like Wings. Not published.

A Lantern To See By. Not published.

HELEN COBURN AS “BETTY”

BIG LAKE A Tragedy in Two Parts

As produced by the American Laboratory Theater, New York City By LYNN RIGGS

FOREWORD BY BARRETT H. CLARK

SAMUEL FRENCH

Incorporated 1898

T. R. Edwards, Managing Director

NEW YORK CITY :: ::MCMXXVII

SAMUEL FRENCH, Ltd. :::: :: London

All Rights Reserved Copyright, 1927, by Lynn Riggs Copyright, 1927, by Samuel French

This play is fully protected by copyright. All acting rights, both professional and amateur, are reserved in the United States, the British Empire, including the Dominion of Canada, and all countries of the Copyright Union, by the owner. Application for the right of performing this play or of reading it in public should be made to Samuel French, 25 West 45th Street, New York City.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY QUINN & BODEN COMPANY, INC. RAHWAY, N. J.

PROGRAM OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION, APRIL 8, 1927

The American Laboratory Theater (New York) presents

BIG LAKE

By Lynn Riggs

Staged by George Auerbach

Betty Helen Coburn

Lloyd Frank Burk

Elly Stella Adler

Butch Grover Burgess

Sheriff Louis V. Quince

Plank John S. Clarke, Jr.

Joe Francis Fergusson

Miss Meredith Frances Williams

Bud Bickel Sam Hartman

The Davis Boy Harold Hecht

Country School Boys and Girls Messrs. Kradoska, Hayes, Parsons, Fielding, Williams, Curtis. Misses Schmidt, Seymour, Titsworth, Johnson, Squire, Smith.

Part 1—The Woods Scene 1—The Woods Scene 2—The Cabin

Intermission

Part 2—The Lake Scene 1—A Cleared Place Scene 2—The Lake

The action takes place in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, in the year 1906 Settings designed by Lewis Barrington Costumes designed by Gertrude Brows Sets and costumes executed by the Laboratory Theater Workshop Property Man Morton Brown

The Director and Actors are deeply grateful to Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya for the invaluable assistance she gave in the preparation of this production.