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   Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. In the original performance, Glaspell played the role of Mrs. Hale. The play is frequently anthologized in American literature textbooks.

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3. www.thoughtco.com › trifles-by-susan-glaspell"Trifles" A One-act Play by Susan Glaspell - ThoughtCo

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   Jan 13, 2019 · The Story of a Murdered Farmer in "Trifles" By Susan Glaspell. A One-Act Play. Farmer John Wright has been murdered. While he was asleep in the middle of the night, someone strung a rope around his neck. Shockingly, that someone might have been his wife, the quiet and forlorn Minnie Wright. Playwright Susan Glaspell 's one-act play, written in ...

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   Trifles is largely based on the killing of John Hossack, a crime Glaspell had covered almost sixteen years earlier. In The Road to the Temple , her biography of husband George Cram Cook, Glaspell claimed that she was compelled to write Trifles when Cook (without her consent) announced a new play of hers for the next Provincetown bill.

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   Nov 1, 2019 · A Biography of Playwright Susan Glaspell. 'The First Lady of American Drama'. Born in 1876, Susan Glaspell is mainly known in literary circles, and it is for her stage play "Trifles" and her short story of the same plot, " A Jury of Her Peers." Both works were inspired by her experiences as a courtroom reporter during a murder trial in 1900.

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6. www.literaryladiesguide.com › full-texts-of-classicTrifles by Susan Glaspell (full text of the 1916 one-act play)

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   May 31, 2019 · This playlet one of Glaspell’s most anthologized works, along with the 1917 short story she based upon this play, A Jury of Her Peers. Trifles was first performed at the Wharf Theater in Provincetown, Massachusetts in August of 1916. The author herself performed as Mrs. Hale, the wife of a neighboring farmer. Glaspell’s inspiration was the ...

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   Trifles is an adaptation of “A Jury of Her Peers,” a short story based on an actual trial Glaspell covered as a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa. Other Glaspell plays include The Outside, The Verge, Inheritors, and Alison’s House, which earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 1931.

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   Is trifles based on a true story?

   • Playwright Susan Glaspell 's one-act play, written in 1916, is loosely based on true events. As a young reporter, Glaspell covered a murder case in a small town in Iowa. Years later, she crafted a short play, Trifles, inspired by her experiences and observations.

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   What is a trifle based on?

   • The play was first performed in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Glaspell herself played the character, Mrs. Hale. Considered an early illustration of feminist drama, the themes of the play focus on men and women and their psychological states along with their social roles. The word trifles typically refer to objects of little to no value.

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   Did Susan Glaspell write trifles?

   • Presented here is the full text of Trifles, a 1916 one-act play by the American author and playwright Susan Glaspell (1876 – 1948), along with a brief theatrical history and plot summary. This playlet one of Glaspell’s most anthologized works, along with the 1917 short story she based upon this play, A Jury of Her Peers.

   Trifles by Susan Glaspell (full text of the 1916 one-act play)

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   What is the plot of trifles?

   • She wroteTrifles in ten days, and a year later fashioned it into the short story A Jury of Her Peers. Both had a feminist slant. Briefly, the plot of Trifles is as follows: George Henderson (County Attorney), Henry Peters (the sheriff) and his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale (neighboring farmers) enter the Wright’s empty farmhouse.

   Trifles by Susan Glaspell (full text of the 1916 one-act play)

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   Why did trifles write a one-act play?

   • In 1916 the group presented a summertime series of plays that included Eugene O’Neill’s Bound East for Cardiff. In need of a new play to end the season, Cook suggested Glaspell should write a one-act for the company. Her memory of the Hossack trial inspired Trifles.

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   Is a jury of her peers based on trifles?

   • Susan Glaspell's adaptation "A Jury of Her Peers" is a story version of her play Trifles. [ 41] This short story is similar to Trifles. Trifles, a chamber opera in one act, premiered in Berkeley, California, at the Live Oak Theatre on June 17 and 19, 2010 was composed by John G. Bilotta and its libretto was written by John F. McGrew.

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9. www.jstor.org › stable › 3208736'Murder, She Wrote': The Genesis of Susan Glaspell's 'Trifles'

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   Three plays of this century, based on murder cases and written by American women. are Sophie Treadwell's Machinal, Wendy Kesselman's My Sister in This House, and. Susan Glaspell's Trifles. All do more than rework a tale of murder; they reveal in the. telling the lineaments of the society that spawned the crime.