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) |
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ISBN: 0521295459 ISBN-13: 9780521295451 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $59.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1986 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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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. |