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Author Susan Glaspell had some criticism in her work including:

Alexander Woollcott criticizing her full length play, "Inheritors", calling them dull, pulseless, and desultory in the NY Times

Francis Fergusson called Susan Glaspell's last play, Alison's House, repetitious, the Theater Monthly called it a failure on trying to imitate Chekhov, while receiving mixed reviews

Mark Van Doren called the play "false" and unfair in regard to the life of Emily Dickenson

Themes(new subsection):
In a Jury of Her Peers, Susan Glaspell explores the concept of good and bad, law vs justice, the world of a man vs the world of a women. According to Mustazza Lenord, Susan Glaspell explores the concept of good and bad in her writing, specifically in a jury of her peers, the author made out the male detectives to be typical heroes of justice, saying that they won't rest until they find the murderer of John Wright, the victim of the story. Moreover, the author brought up how ironic this concept can be when she made Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter conceal the motive behind Mrs. Wright murderer, viewing it as the wrong thing to do. Secondly, Susan Glaspell reviewed the old argument of law vs justice in a simple way that the male characters were following the law while the female characters are pursuing justice Glaspell also pointed out how rules that are "created by men and broken by men be followed." scholar Leonard highlighted the aftermath of the deputy actiond, after the deputy cleaned his hands with Mrs. Wright towel; Mr. Hale complained about the towel being dirty, saying that "Mrs. Wright didn't even do her job right as a housewife". Finally, the world of man and world of women is drastically different. For example Mrs. Wright was concerned about her kiting kit while the men were searching for evidence to prove the murder.

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Scholars have stated that themes covered in Susan Glaspell's A Jury of Her Peers explore the concepts of good and bad, law vs justice, and the world of men vs the world of women. Scholar Leonard Mustazza has stated that in the story Glaspell explores the concept of good and bad in her writing by making the detectives out to be typical heroes of justice via them stating that they wouldn't rest until they find the murderer of John Wright. J. Madison Davis has commented on the same concept, noting that while the women's actions were not conventionally good, the cruelty inflicted by John Wright and the sheriff's choice to ignore this cruelty justifies their actions and silence. Mustazza has commented on the topic of law versus justice, noting that the male characters were focused on following the law while the female characters were trying to pursue justice. He further wrote that the men's behaviors showed the differences between the characters, as as they didn't acknowledge the abuse the wife suffered and instead criticized her housekeeping skills.

Recent productions[edit]

In 1996 the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London, began a long association with the plays of Susan Glaspell. Auriol Smith directed The Verge in 1996, one of the first of many plays by the American playwright to be performed at the theatre. The Mint Theater in New York City produced Alison's House in 1999 under the direction of Linda Ames Key.

The Metropolitan Playhouse a New York resident theater dedicated to exploring and re-vitalizing American literature and culture, staged Inheritors in 2005; the production was directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare.

In his 2008 programmed note for Inheritors, Orange Tree director Sam Walters wrote:

The Ontological Hysteric Incubator Arts project put on two plays by Glaspell, The Verge in 2009, directed by Alice Reagan; and Trifles in 2010, directed by Brooke O'Harra and Brendan Connelly.

As of 2013 the theater has produced three of Glaspell's one-act plays and five of her full-length plays, including the first ever production of Glaspell's unpublished final play, Springs Eternal.

In September 2015, celebrating the centenary of Provincetown Players, American Bard Theater Company presented a 12-hour celebration, featuring performances of 10 of Glaspell's plays in a single day.

As of 2018, The San Diego State University school of theatre, television, and film opened this fall with The Glaspell Project. This project consisted of two, one act plays by Susan Glaspell; Trifles written in 1916 and Women Horror written in 1918.The play cost $20 and $17 for students and was sold out. Plays were directed by faculty member Randy Reinholz and sold out immediately. The production ran Friday September 28 through Sunday October 7 in the SDSU’s experimental theatre. This school aspires to gender equality and has pledged that half of each seasons productions will be written by female playwrights. Reinholz said:

” It’s important to recognize that women, or any group, are not a group of homogenous people. I am very familiar with working s a very close alli and advocate, but also as an outsider, facilitation the original authentic voice on stage.”