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Tis Pity She's a Whore

by John Ford

'Tis Pity She's a Whore is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was first performed c.  1626 or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. The play was first published in 1633, in a quarto printed by Nicholas Okes for the bookseller Richard Collins. Ford dedicated the play to John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough and Baron of Turvey.

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English

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English

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1630

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John Ford

United Kingdom

John Ford was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras born in Ilsington in Devon, England. His plays deal mainly with the conflict between passion and conscience. Although rem...

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