Presented here is the full text of Trifles,  a 1916 one-act play by the American author and playwright Susan Glaspell (1876 – 1948), along with a brief theatrical history and plot summary. For your reading convenience, and an ad-free experience, link to the pdf of Trifles here.

This playlet one of Glaspell’s most anthologized works, along with the 1917 short story she based upon this play, A Jury of Her Peers.Trifles was first performed at the Wharf Theater in Provincetown, Massachusetts in August of 1916. The author herself performed as Mrs. Hale, the wife of a neighboring farmer.

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