Trifles, Susan Glaspell
Trifles, Susan Glaspell
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Trifles

Author: Susan Glaspell

Narrator: Steven Weber, Full Cast

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/15/2011

Synopsis

Based on an actual murder case Susan Glaspell reported for the Des Moines News in 1916, this one-act play represented an early exploration of gender relationships in a time when women often were considered to be mere “trifles.” The play is considered a groundbreaking work in feminist literature and is often included in American drama anthologies. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in April 2011. Adapted and directed for radio by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring: Jeanie Hackett as Mrs. Peters Amy Madigan as Mrs. Hale Sam McMurray as the Sheriff Steve Vinovich as Mr. Hale Steven Weber as the County Attorney Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Mixing/Engineer/Editor: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

About Susan Glaspell

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad on November 02, 2009

A neighbour walks into a home and finds the man of the house sitting on his La-Z-Boy, drinking a beer and staring listlessly into space. She asks him if she can see his wife, and he says she's still in bed. She points out that it's almost evening, and he simply repeats that his wife's in bed. She as......more

Goodreads review by Spens on April 11, 2022

Actual rating: 4.5 Chilling and thought-provoking feminist play. I especially loved how the truth unfolded indirectly through the multiple symbols.......more

Goodreads review by Diamond on December 23, 2021

This is an enjoyable read of a murder with very peculiar sercomstances.......more

Goodreads review by F on March 16, 2016

THIS IS EXCELLENT. EXTRAORDINARY. As delicate as poignant, Susan Glaspell constructs a -feminist- detective story as an excuse to discuss a much bigger issue, gender violence (as suffered by our choir singer) and its grandfather sexism (evidenced in the way the males behave towards the two ladies).......more

Goodreads review by Valentina on October 29, 2022

Trifles matter......more

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