The Selected Plays of John Ford: The Broken Heart, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Perkin WarbeckThis selection contains the three finest plays of the Stuart dramatist John Ford. The Broken Heart is a classical tragedy of suffering; 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Ford's best-known play and one still frequently performed, is a tragic story of limitless ambition and social rivalry expressed in sexual terms; Perkin Warbeck is the last great successor to the history plays of Shakespeare. Together they exemplify the unique tone of Ford's drama, in which passion and gravity are united by a playwright with a poetic sense of theatre. This is the only one-volume selection of Ford's plays now available. The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references. A general introduction gives a brief biography and bibliography; individual introductions deal with the sources and stage history of each play. Longer notes at the back of the book discuss points of staging and interpretation, and there is a full textual apparatus which makes this edition useful for the scholar as well as the student. |
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The Selected Plays of John Ford: The Broken Heart, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore ... Colin Gibson No preview available - 1986 |
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Additional Notes ANNABELLA ARMOSTES arms attend BASSANES BERGETTO blood brave Broken brother CALANTHA comes court CROTOLON DALYELL dare DAUBENEY daughter dear death DONADO DURHAM Earl edition English Enter EUPHRANIA Exeunt Exit eyes fair fall fate father fear FLORIO follows Ford Ford's fortunes FRIAR Gifford GIOVANNI give GRAUSIS GRIMALDI hand hast hath hear heart Heaven HENRY HIPPOLITA honour hope HUNTLY ITHOCLES JAMES John KATHERINE keep king lady leave live London look lord marriage married master mean nature NEARCHUS never noble once ORGILUS OXFORD Parma peace PENTHEA Perkin pity play POGGIO pray present prince PROPHILUS PUTANA reason RICHARDETTO royal SCENE sister SORANZO soul speak stage stand sure sweet tell Textual Notes thank thee thou thought true truth URSWICK VASQUES wait WARBECK Weber wife wish York young youth