Limit this search to....

The Selected Plays of John Ford: The Broken Heart, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Perkin Warbeck
Contributor(s): Ford, John (Author), Gibson, C. (Editor), Gibson, Colin (Editor)
ISBN: 0521295459     ISBN-13: 9780521295451
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $59.84  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1986
Qty:
Annotation: This selection contains the three finest plays of the Stuart dramatist John Ford.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 822.3
LCCN: 86006058
Series: Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.05 lbs) 376 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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.