Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, thwarted ambition,
and incest. This selection of four plays also shows his ability to
portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and
create convincing roles for women. Setting Ford's earliest surviving
independently written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his
three best-known works, The Broken Heart, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore,
and Perkin Warbeck, this edition includes an introduction with
sections on each play, addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and
staging possibilities.
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