The Selected Plays of John Ford - The Broken Heart, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Perkin Warbeck (Paperback)

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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists
Release date:	August 1986
First published:	1986
Editors:	Colin Gibson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-29545-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-521-29545-9
Barcode:	9780521295451

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