Martin White

Ford: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350316706
• Artikelnr.: 62710079

Autorenporträt

MARTIN WHITE Professor of Theatre at the University of Bristol, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editors' Preface.- Preface.- The Text and Early Performances.- Commentary: The Play in Performance.- Sources, Intellectual and Cultural Contexts.- Key Productions and Performances.- The Play on Screen.- Critical Assessments.- Further Reading.- Index.