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'Tis Pity She's a Whore (A Mermaid Dramabook) (A New Mermaid)
Published in Hardcover by Farrar Straus & Giroux (1969)
Authors: John Ford and Brian Robert Morris
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Tis Pity She's a Whore
I was reluctant to pick up this book because of it's title, but I decided to read it because I had it in my collection. I was somewhat entertained, and finished the book very quickly due to the short length. It is a tragedy in which almost all are killed in the end. I did not care much for the plot, which involves an incestuous relationship between brother and sister. After reading part of the book, it was rather easy to predict the ending. It is not a tremendously detailed and emotional story. I'm not sure if this is a title that would often come up in conversations between friends or colleagues, but avid readers might want to pick up the title to have read it.

"Tis a pity alright.."
This play is an excellent example of incest in the Renaissance. It's also fairly short and very readable. Bergetto is an interesting character and provides much needed comic relief in this play which is ultimately quite tragic. The title is misleading in many ways, but female sexuality is problematic throughout.

Good but not great
I chose to read this play because firstly, Anthony Burgess mentioned it in his book "English Literature" (1857) and secondly, because it was a short play. Or maybe even thirdly - the central theme [incest] it deals with is treated in an entirely different manner from other literary works. The nature of the incest is frank and horrifying. The intensity of the unlawful relationship is compromised by the coarsening of Giovanni's love for Annabella; their ethereal relationship gradually loses its innocence in the course of the play, culminating in Annabella's pregnancy and finally her death in Giovanni's hands.

While we certainly cannot put Ford in the ranks of Shakespeare, he deserves credit for a play whose themes of sexual jealousy, revenge, violence and incent intertwine in a most heartrending way.


'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare : Evidence, Authorship and John Ford's Funerall Elegye
Published in Hardcover by Cambridge University Press (2002)
Author: Brian Vickers
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The Haynes Ford Engine Overhaul Manual: The Haynes Automotive Repair Manual for Overhauling Ford V8 Engines (Haynes Automotive Repair Manual Series)
Published in Paperback by Haynes Publishing (1991)
Authors: Haynes Publishing, Brian Styve, and John Harold Haynes
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John Ford
Published in Paperback by Longman (07 Januar, 2002)
Author: Brian Spittles
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Microbe Power: Tomorrow's Revolution
Published in Hardcover by Stein & Day Pub (1976)
Author: Brian John. Ford
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Patterns of Sex: The Mating Urge and Our Sexual Future
Published in Hardcover by St. Martin's Press (1980)
Author: Brian John. Ford
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