John Ford wrote ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore sometime between 1629 and 1633, officially publishing it in 1633. He dedicated the play to his friend John Mordaunt, the Earl of Peterborough, telling him, “The gravity of the subject may easily excuse the lightness of the title, otherwise I had been a severe jude against my own guilt.” Despite having a flippant title, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore is one of the darkest tragedies of English Renaissance drama.
Unlike many other plays of Renaissance England, John Ford had no clear source or influence for his play. Rather, he incorporated influences from many
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