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Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” adapted from: http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/glaspell.htm#Trifles SCENE. The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen, and...
HALE. Well, women are used to worrying over trifles. (The two women move a little closer together.) COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician). And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? (The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes dipperful of water
SHERIFF: Now, Mr Hale, before we move things about, you explain to Mr Henderson just what you saw when you came here yesterday morning. COUNTY ATTORNEY: By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them yesterday? SHERIFF: It's just the same.
In the following play, Susan Glaspell skillfully draws on many dramatic elements and creates an intense story that is as effective on the page as it is in the theater. Glaspell wrote Trifles in 1916 for the Provincetown Players on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
TRIFLES. Scene: The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order—unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the bread-box, a dish-towel on the table—other signs of incompleted work.
Trifles . CHARACTERS . SHERIFF PETERS . MltS. PETERS . HALE . MltS. HALE . COUNTY ATTORNEY HENDEltSON . SCENE. The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse ofJohn Wright, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been . put . in order-the walls covered with a faded wall paper. Down right is a door leading to,the parlor. On the right wall above this
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"Plays by Susan Glaspell" is a collection of dramatic works written during the early 20th century, featuring notable titles such as "Trifles," "The Outside," and "The Verge." The plays often explore themes of gender roles, societal expectations, and human psychology, showcasing the nuanced struggles of women in a male-dominated world.
Trifles by Susan Glaspell - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This one-act play by Susan Glaspell is set in the kitchen of a farmhouse owned by John Wright, who was recently found strangled.