Overview

The tragic story of incestuous love between Giovanni and his sister Annabella. When Annabella is found to be pregnant by her brother, she agrees to marry her suitor Soranzo. But when the lovers' incestuous secret is discovered, vengeance and bloody murder follow. John Ford's play 'Tis Pity She's a Whore was first performed in London between 1629 and 1633, and was first published in 1633. This edition of the play, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is edited and introduced by Lisa Hopkins.