Quotes from work
The Broken Heart
The Broken Heart is a Caroline era tragedy written by John Ford, and first published in 1633. "The play has long vied with 'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Ford's greatest work...the supreme reach of his genius...." The date of the play's authorship is uncertain, and is generally placed in the 1625–32 period by scholars. The title page of the first edition states that the play was acted by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre. The text is preceded by the motto "Fide Honor," an anagram for "John Forde," which Ford employs in other of his plays as well. The volume was dedicated to William Lord Craven, Baron of Hampsteed-Marshall.
Act IV, sc. ii.
The Broken Heart (c. 1625-33)
Act I, sc. iii.
The Broken Heart (c. 1625-33)
Act IV, sc. iii.
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“Glories
Of human greatness are but pleasing dreams,
And shadows soon decaying.”
Act III, sc. v.
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Act II, sc. ii.
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“Tempt not the stars, young man, thou canst not play
With the severity of fate.”
Act I, sc. iii.
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Act IV, sc. iii.
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