'Tis Pity She's A Whore (New Mermaids) - Softcover

Ford, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713650605 ISBN 13: 9780713650600

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2008

Synopsis

Like Shakespeare's Juliet, Annabella, accompanied by her down-to-earth
nurse, is introduced to a series of suitors to her hand. Like Juliet,
she finds all of them unsatisfactory - and rightly so, for the audience
know that the nastiest of them is having an affair with her domineering
aunt. Like Juliet, Annabella is wooed by a sensitive and passionate
young man whose love she returns - but this young man happens to be her
own brother, Giovanni. When they consummate their love and she, to
avoid the scandal of extramarital pregnancy, agrees to marry her aunt's
lover, the tragic outcome is inevitable. John Ford, writing his
psychologically powerful and intellectually challenging tragedies in
the early years of King Charles I's reign, is a playwright of the first
rank, as 20th-century directors have shown both in the theatre and on
film.

About this title

Book Description:

A fully modernized, annotated edition of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Ford's tragedy centred on sibling incest and complex revenge plots. The introduction gives students a wealth of contextual and critical material to help their understanding of this complex drama.

From the Back Cover:

The central situation of 'Tis Pity She's A Whore is an incestuous love between brother and sister, and it is hardly surprising that critics have differed widely in their interpretation of the exact meaning and significance of the play.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0713650605
• ISBN 13: 9780713650600
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Wiggins Martin