’Tis Pity She’s a Whore.
John Ford’s play, printed in 1633. It is not by Shakespeare. The quarto divides the play into acts, not scenes. The spelling is the 1633 text. Stage directions from that printing are kept.
London: Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, 1633.
Start at Actus Primus.The printer to the reader
The generall Commendation deserued by the Actors, in their Presentment of this Tragedy, may easily excuse such few faults, as are escaped in the Printing: A common charity may allow him the ability of spelling, whom a secure confidence assures that hee cannot ignorantly erre in the Application of Sence.
The names of the speakers
- The Sceane: Parma.
- The Actors Names.
- Bonauentura. A Fryar.
- A Cardinall. Nuntio to the Pope.
- Soranzo. A Nobleman.
- Florio. A Cittizen of Parma.
- Donado. Another Cittizen.
- Grimaldi. A Roman Gentleman.
- Giouanni. Sonne to Florio.
- Bergetto. Nephew to Donado.
- Richardetto. A suppos'd Phisitian.
- Vasques. Seruant to Soranzo.
- Poggio. Seruant to Bergetto.
- Bandetti.
- Woemen.
- Annabella. Daughter to Florio.
- Hippolita. Wife to Richardetto
- Philotis. His Neece.
- Putana. Tutresse to Annabella.
EEBO-TCP Phase I, CC0. TCP A01057. Spelling is the 1633 printing, not modernized. TCP transcription. Oxford Text Archive.