num_pages: 416
description: Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection of four plays also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. Setting Ford's earliest surviving independentlywritten play, The Lover's Melancholy , alongside his three best-known works, The Broken Heart, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, and Perkin Warbeck , this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play, addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities.
language: English
title: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays
titlecomplete: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, British Literature, Plays, Humor, 17th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 617
publisher: Oxford University Press