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The Selected Plays of John Ford

The Broken Heart, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Perkin Warbeck

Colin Gibson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:29th Aug '86

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The Selected Plays of John Ford cover

This 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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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.

ISBN: 9780521295451

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm

Weight: 480g

376 pages