'Tis Pity She's a Whore " review
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsFirst published in 1633, John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore was the last of the Renaissance revenge dramas, effectively closing the coffin lid on one of the most macabre episodes of the English stage. All the stock elements of the genre are included: scorned women, psychotic servants, venal cardinals, the obligatory bloodbath. And it still has the power to provoke: the Roman Catholic d…