'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) - Softcover

Ford, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199553866 ISBN 13: 9780199553860

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection of four plays also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best-known works, The Broken Heart, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, and Perkin Warbeck, this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play, addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities.

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About this title

About the Author:

Marion Lomax is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language and Literature, St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199553866
• ISBN 13: 9780199553860
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Lomax Marion