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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.
"A Jury of Her Peers", written in 1917, [1] is a short story by Susan Glaspell, loosely based on the 1900 murder of John Hossack (not to be confused with the famed abolitionist), which Glaspell covered while working as a journalist [2] for the Des Moines Daily News. [1]
Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram Cook , she founded the Provincetown Players , [ 1 ] the first modern American theatre company.
The Provincetown Players was a collective of artists, people and writers, intellectuals, and amateur theater enthusiasts. Under the leadership of the husband and wife team of George Cram “Jig” Cook and Susan Glaspell from Iowa, the Players produced two seasons in Provincetown, Massachusetts (1915 and 1916) and six seasons in New York City, between 1916 and 1922.
The author examines "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell through the lens of Ecofeminism. haley.carter1 19 April 2020 (UTC) Ben-Zvi, Linda (May 1992). " "Murder, She Wrote": The Genesis of Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" " (PDF). Theatre Journal. 44 (2): 141–162. This article discusses the case that Susan Glaspell reported on which became the basis for ...
Trifles (play), one-act play by Susan Glaspell; Trifles (1930 film), short film based on the play with Jason Robards Sr. and Sarah Padden; a small piece of jewellery; word meaning something of insignificance; to treat (someone or something) without seriousness or with a lack of respect
Pages in category "Plays by Susan Glaspell" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Trifles (play) This page was last ...
The Outside (1917) is the shortest play by Susan Glaspell. [1] It is a play in one act. She uses symbolism to convey the emptiness of Mrs. Patrick’s life on the outside. Glaspell uses the imagery of the station and the areas beyond to show that Mrs. Patrick is keeping herself away from the things she once kn