Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, novelist, biographer, poet, actress, and director. Her works include Trifles, A Jury of Her Peers, and Fidelity. Her work was strongly influenced by a murder trial Glaspell covered for a newspaper, in which a woman was convicted of murdering her husband.
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On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the often-overlooked "trifles" which can s... SEE MORE