Trifles

I think the proposal of Trifles produced with a minimalistic design is definitely feasible, and different, seeing as I had not pictured the play designed that way. The production would force the audience to use their imagination more to fully understand the importance of the items or trifles in the play. it also produces the ultimate focus on the words being said, more so, than what  the audience sees. This can be seen as a benefit or something the production would gain because it allows the patrons to individually personalize the set, and emphasizes the importance of hearing everything. However, the production would lose the significance of agency that Susan Glaspell chooses to use as far as her deliberate attentiveness to detail. Glaspell writes Trifles in a way that  requires the reader to notice the intricate details of the house. After all, the three men in the house are looking for evidence to convict a woman of murder, and the things they see, Glaspell also wants the reader to see. With seeing everything, comes the feelings that the characters may feel being in a certain environment. Basically, what is physically there, on set, helps create the tone for the audience, and helps that transition into the “world of the play” as Elinor Fuchs put it.  In closing, I cannot imagine a production of Trifles without the detail of the actual objects because those trifles play an important role in the telling and understanding of the story.