First performed in 1916, Trifles, by American playwright, actress, and novelist Susan Glaspell , is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of American theatre.
Written early in the feminist movement, Trifles is a one-act play that explores how women act in public versus how they are in private.
Loosely based on the real-life story of the murder of John Hossack and the suspicion that fell on his wife as the possible murderer, Glaspell's play compares the official.