Read the following scene from Trifles . COUNTY ATTORNEY ( with the gallantry of a young politician ) : And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? ( The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes dipperful of water from the pail and, pouring it into a basin, washes his hands. Starts to wipe them on the roller towel, turns it for a cleaner place .) Dirty towels! ( Kicks his foot against the pans under the sink .) Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies? MRS. HALE ( stiffly ) : There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm. What is one possible disadvantage of hearing the characters’ voices in the theater as opposed to silently reading the scene?