'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
| ISBN: | 9780230242999 |
| Publication date: | 26th June 2012 |
| Author: | Martin White |
| Publisher: | Red Globe Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 161 pages |
| Series: | The Shakespeare Handbooks. Shakespeare's Contemporaries |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general |