Susan Glaspell Audio

On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States.

Written by Susan Glaspell in 1916, Trifles is a one-act play about a woman accused of strangling her husband.

Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I.)

The small Midwestern town of Freeport was scandalized years ago when Ruth Holland, then a young girl, ran away to the West with a married man.

In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people.

This play is Glaspell’s recognition of the way in which Victorian society left some women feeling trapped in roles for which they were unsuited.