Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Introduction

Susan Glaspell is a North American writer who was born in 1876 in Davenport, Iowa. She played an important role in the history of theater in the United States for having been a founder, along with her husband by George Cram Cook (Barlow, 1985). The experimental theater company today regarded as the birthplace of modern North American drama, The Provincetown Players. It was founded in 1915 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Provincetown Players later settled in New York City, and during his eight years of activity, until 1922, his innovative productions not only attracted the attention of critics and audiences at the time, but were also a source of inspiration for future generations of playwrights in the United States.

Discussion

The play was written in 1916, but the reflections contained therein beyond the barriers of time. It is based on a short story called A Jury of Her Peers (which corresponds to a jury of their peers), Susan Glaspell tells us with much sensitivity as the vision of male and female can be as diverse. The play begins with John Wright's body was found at his home by his wife. While the police officer to investigate a lawyer and a neighbor in the event, the women talk about Mrs. Wright: they have good sniffers and just because they see the little things, they come to a very different resolution of the case than the men (Susan, 1916).

The piece begins with a mystery: the death of farmer John Wright and the arrival of the sheriff, the county attorney and Hale, a neighbor. Together with them, the two ladies, Mrs. Peters (wife of delegate) and Mrs. Hale (neighbor's wife) accompany them to take some steps to Mrs. Wright, who is detained in precinct (Barlow, 1985). While men search for clues that shed ...