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'Tis Pity She's a Whore

'Tis Pity She's a Whore is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was likely 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.


“Busy opinion is an idle fool.”

John Ford (dramatist) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Act V, sc. iii.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1629-33?)

“Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow.”

John Ford (dramatist) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Act III, sc. iii.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1629-33?)

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