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 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. FOREWORD