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'Tis Pity She's a Whore
John Ford (1633)
– DESIRE – DESTRUCTION – DAMNATION –
“Love me or kill me, brother”
“Love me or kill me, sister”
Hippolita loves Soranzo; Soranzo loves Annabella; Annabella loves Giovanni; Giovanni loves Annabella. Giovanni and Annabella are brother and sister. So begins John Ford’s thrilling masterpiece of illicit desire, appalling destruction, and eternal damnation.
Running time approximately 2hrs including one interval
Warning - may not be suitable for under-14s
“There is a place, in a black and hollow vault,
Where day is never seen – there lies the wanton
On racks of burning steel whiles in his soul
He feels the torment of his raging lust.”
