Ford: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

by Martin White

Overview

'Tis Pity She's a Whore is one of the most controversial plays ever staged in the English theatre. In this illuminating Handbook, Martin White:
- Offers an in-depth, moment-by-moment analysis of the play, looking at how it might be performed on stage
- Provides vital contextual material on John Ford's social and literary influences
- Reconstructs the play's performances in Ford's own time and examines later stage, television and film productions
- Guides the reader through the often heated critical and theatrical responses to the dramatic work

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230242999
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/26/2012
Series:	Shakespeare Handbooks , #48
Edition description:	2012
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.83(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

MARTIN WHITE Professor of Theatre at the University of Bristol, UK. He has directed many plays at Bristol and has worked as an advisor to the Globe reconstruction in London, and to the RSC. His previous publications include the volume on A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Shakespeare Handbooks series.
MARTIN WHITE Professor of Theatre at the University of Bristol, UK. He has directed many plays at Bristol and has worked as an advisor to the Globe reconstruction in London, and to the RSC. His previous publications include the volume on A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Shakespeare Handbooks series.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface viii

Preface and Acknowledgements ix

1 The Text and Early Performances 1

2 Commentary: the Play in Performance 10

3 Intellectual and Cultural Context 89

4 Key Productions and Performances 106

5 The Play on Screen 122

6 Critical Assessments 133

Further Reading 150

Index 157