The Selected Plays of John Ford: The Broken Heart, Tis Pity Shes a Whore, Perkin Warbeck (Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists) ISBN-13: 9780521295451

ISBN-13: 9780521295451

Binding: Paperback

Author: Gibson, Colin

Details: This selection contains the three finest plays of the Stuart dramatist John Ford. The Broken Heart is a classical tragedy of suffering; Tis Pity Shes a Whore, Fords 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 Fords 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 Fords 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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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.

Release Date: 29-08-1986

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Number Of Pages: 376