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On a wharf in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where Greenwich Village bohemians gathered in the summer of 1916, Susan Glaspell was inspired by a sensational murder trial to write Trifles, a play about two women who hide a Midwestern farm wife''s motive for murdering her abusive husband. Following successful productions of the play, Glaspell became the mother of American drama. Her short story version of Trifles, A Jury of Her Peers, reached an unprecedented one million readers in 1917. The play and the story have since been taught in classrooms across America and Trifles is regularly revived on stages around the world.

This collection of fresh essays celebrates the centennial of Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers, with departures from established Glaspell scholarship. Interviews with theater people are included along with two original works inspired by Glaspell''s iconic writings.

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/30/2015 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476662114, 978-1476662114
      ISBN10: 1476662118

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      On a wharf in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where Greenwich Village bohemians gathered in the summer of 1916, Susan Glaspell was inspired by a sensational murder trial to write Trifles, a play about two women who hide a Midwestern farm wife''s motive for murdering her abusive husband. Following successful productions of the play, Glaspell became the mother of American drama. Her short story version of Trifles, A Jury of Her Peers, reached an unprecedented one million readers in 1917. The play and the story have since been taught in classrooms across America and Trifles is regularly revived on stages around the world.

      This collection of fresh essays celebrates the centennial of Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers, with departures from established Glaspell scholarship. Interviews with theater people are included along with two original works inspired by Glaspell''s iconic writings.

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