Kingship in Ford's Perkin Warbeck
1960; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2871878
ISSN1080-6547
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Economic and Social Studies
ResumoJohn Ford is not generally considered a political dramatist, but he would seem to be one in Perkin Warbeck (first printed in 1634). Illustrating the pragmatic viewpoint of such theorists as Machiavelli and Bacon, Ford portrays his ideal king in the person of the wise and eminently practical Henry VII, and so considerable is the playwright's attention to competent and incompetent governing that Perkin Warbeck I might well be called a lesson in kingship. This aspect of the play has been overlooked by most students of Ford, denied by some, and thoroughly discussed by none.2 Several of its probable causes have never been noted. Further-
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