Tis Pity She’s a Whore

Description

The drama focuses on the incestuous relationship between a brother and a sister. Upon returning from his studies in Bologna, Giovanni has surprising passionate desire for his sister, Anabella. He opens this with Friar Bonaventura, venting out and confessing that he is lusting for his sister. Friar told him it would be a great sin if he pursues his desire for his own sister and he should repent for this.

Anabella has several suitors but she does not want any of them. Then her brother Giovanni tells his feelings for her and she did not think twice of reciprocating his love for her. Putana tells Annabella to continue her incestuous relations with her brother, telling her further that it is normal for siblings to lust for each other. Annabella got pregnant and she was uncertain of what to do. She asked for an advice from Friar Bonaventura, and he told her to marry Soranzo, one of her suitors.

Many interesting characters and numerous events occurred in the tragic play. Fans would be delighted and at the same time feel bad about it.

A play whose main category is tragedy which was first played by Queen Henrietta’s Men at the Cockpit Theatre, then it was published and printed as a book by Nicholas Okes for the seller Richard Collins. A tragedy is a classification of drama based on human agony but in which case entertains the theatre goers.

Tia Pity She’s a Whore was a play by John Ford, a British dramatist, a Jacobean and Caroline poet in Devon, England. He is also known for plays such as, The Witch of Edmonton; The Sun’s Darling; The Lover’s Melancholy; The Broken Heart; Love’s Sacrifice; Perkin Warbeck; and many others. Though some of the playwright’s works were missing, like the plays of The Royal Combat; Beauty in a Trance; The London Merchant; The Bristol Merchant; The Fairy Knight; and Keep the Widow Waking and other plays which were lost and were never recovered.
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