The Lady's Trial: By John Ford

by Lisa Hopkins

Book Overview

The Lady's Trial, Ford's last play, encapsulates the final development of his own unique theatrical aesthetic whilst looking back to the drama of his youth, most notably Othello, whose story is here rewritten.

In Ford's version, the supposedly wronged husband, the victorious general Auria, does not simply take the word of his friend, the well-intentioned but overly suspicious Aurelio, that his wife, Spinella, is unfaithful: instead he does...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099900
• ISBN13: 9780719099908
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"