'Tis pity she's a whore and other plays / John Ford ; edited by Marion Lomax ; general editor, Michael Cordner ; associate general editors, Peter Holland, Martin Wiggins.
Contributors: Lomax, Marion.
Series: The world's classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Description: Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, despair, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. His Annabella, Hippolita, Penthea, Calantha, and Katherine Gordon rank among the most dramatically powerful female characters on the post-Shakespearean stage.

Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best-known works, this edition includes an introduction, with sections on each play addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation, supplemented by detailed annotation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxxi).
Title proper from cover.
Table of contents: title: The lover's melancholy; title: The broken heart; title: 'Tis pity she's a whore; title: Perkin Warbeck.