Tis Pity She's a Whore
By John Ford
Edited by Martin White
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- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-8843-8
- Pages: 304
- Price: £85.00
- Published Date: September 2024
- Series: The Revels Plays
Description
John Ford's tragedy, first printed in 1633, is the first major English play to take as its theme a subject still rarely handled: fulfilled incest between brother and sister. This Revels Plays edition is a scholarly, modern-spelling edition of one of the most studied and performed of all plays of the period. White's critical introduction explores the textual and theatrical histories of the play, exploring closely its relationship to the particular stage and audience for which it was written. This Revels edition allows the modern reader to become, in Ford's words, an 'actor that but reads'.
Contents
List of illustrations
General editors' preface
Preface
Abbreviations and references
Introduction
Life and works
Date and Early Performance
Sources
The Play, Performance and Criticism
The Play on Stage and Screen - a selective history
The 1633 Play Text
The Text of this Revels Edition
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Longer Notes
Index to the commentary
Editor
Martin White is Emeritus Professor of Theatre at the University of Bristol
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