'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays: The Lover's Melancholy; The Broken Heart; 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; Perkin Warbeck (Oxford World's Classics)

by John Ford

Other authorsMarion Lomax (Editor)
Paperback, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

822

Collection

Publication

Oxford University Press (2008), Edition: 1, 416 pages

Description

Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, despair, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. His Annabella, Hippolita, Penthea, Calantha, andKatherine Gordon rank among the most dramatically powerful female characters on the post-Shakespearean stage.Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently-written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best known works, this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities. Under the General Editorship ofMichael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation, supplemented by detailed annotation.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

416 p.; 7.5 inches

ISBN

0199553866 / 9780199553860

Local notes

'Tis Pity She's a Whore. The Lover's Melancholy. The Broken Heart. Perkin Warbeck
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