This play was adapted by James P. Cavanagh for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which first aired on December 26, 1961, with the alternate title "A Jury of Her Peers" which was directed by Robert Florey. Its cast included Ann Harding, Philip Bourneuf, Frances Reid, Robert Bray, June Walker, and Ray Teal.[39] Hitchcock added his usual disclaimer at the end, stating that the killer and her "accomplices" were caught and convicted.[40]
Susan Glaspell's adaptation "A Jury of Her Peers" is a story version of her play Trifles. [41] This short story is similar to Trifles.
Trifles, a chamber opera in one act, premiered in Berkeley, California, at the Live Oak Theatre on June 17 and 19, 2010 was composed by John G. Bilotta and its libretto was written by John F. McGrew. The chamber opera is scored for five singers and six instruments, including a piano, and it requires some basic stage props. As in the play, the central figures (Mr. and Mrs. Wright) are absent from the cast of characters. Instead, through the libretto, Lewis Hale reenacts the events surrounding the discovery of Mr. Wright's murder, where he was present.[42]
The 1916 production of Trifles by the Washington Square Players at the Comedy Theater included Marjorie Vonnegut as Mrs. Peters, Elinor M. Cox as Mrs. Hale, John King as Lewis Hale, Arthur E. Hohl as Henry Peters, and T.W. Gibson as George Henderson. The production opened on August 30, 1916 in Manhattan, New York City.[12]
