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The Selected Plays of John Ford
John Ford
其他書名
The Broken Heart, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Perkin Warbeck
出版
CUP Archive
, 1986-08-29
主題
Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Collections / General
Literary Criticism / General
ISBN
0521295459
9780521295451
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eHk6AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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 The texts are modernised and equipped with notes explaining unfamiliar language and historical references.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.