Transcriber’s Note
Italic text displayed as: _italic_
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.
[Illustration: 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
[Illustration: Decoration]
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