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THE SELECTED PLAYS OF JOHN FORD
THE BROKEN HEART, 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, PERKIN WARBECK |
| By: |
John Ford, Colin Gibson (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521295459 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521295451 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 August, 1986 |
| Series: |
Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
This selection contains the three finest plays of the Stuart dramatist John Ford. |
| Synopsis: |
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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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