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'Tis Pity She's a Whore
'Tis Pity She's a Whore | John Ford
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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.
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MLRio
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The absolute best early modern slash-fest.

BibliophileMomma Wow what a title. 7y
MLRio And the play is every bit as batshit as the title, believe me. 7y
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Lylah
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At my friend's house and the dog she's watching would rather be petted than let me read... I'm not even mad. 😍☺

Sace 😍 8y
CocoReads Love that doggy face! 8y
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Lylah
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Last play I'll ever read for class!

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Chey12
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I think this is a fantastic Caroline drama. This play shows the massive sophistication and growth of the theater. This was published when puritans were closing theaters, which is interesting as this is a very racy play about incest: "Who could not say, 'Tis pity she's a whore?"

dear.rebecca I used this in my dissertation. Absolutely loved reading this. 8y
Chey12 @dear.rebecca it's fantastic. Truly an underrated work. 8y
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