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TITLE. The intimate relation between the one-act play and the short-story may be seen in the fact that the narrative here told has its dramatic counterpart in the stage production entitled "Trifles. " The latter was presented in the season of 1916-1917 in New York City. What is the excellence of each title?
GERMINAL IDEA. "A long time ago, when I was a reporter in Iowa, I went to the house of a woman who was being held for murder, and while the circumstances were not at all those of ‘Trifles,' it was out of that experience the play grew. " -- _Susan Glaspell._