Brother and Sister
Ford is best known for the tragedy Tis Pity She's a Whore" (1633), a family drama with a plot line of incest. The play's title has often been changed in new productions, sometimes being referred to as simply "Giovanni and Annabella"—the play's leading, incestuous brother-and-sister characters; in a nineteenth-century work it is coyly called "The Brother and Sister". Shocking as the play is, it is still widely regarded as a classic piece of English drama. It has been adapted to film at least twice: "My Sister, My Love" (Sweden, 1966) and Tis Pity She's a Whore" (Belgium, 1978).