All's Well that Ends Well
All's Well that Ends Well Author: William Shakespeare
First Performance: c.1602, London
Published: 1623
Genre: Romantic com. in 5 acts; blank verse and prose
Setting: Roussillon, Paris, Florence, and Marseilles, medieval period
Cast: 8m, 6f, extras
Count Bertram, with his companion Parolles, leaves his home in Roussillon for the King's court in Paris to the dismay of the lower born daughter of a physician, Helena, who loves Bertram. When the King falls ill, Helena brings a healing potion to the court in Paris and may choose a husband as a reward. When she chooses Bertram, he marries her but flees to the wars in Florence to avoid her, refusing to be with her unless she get the ring from his finger and become pregnant with his child. Distressed at having driven Bertram into exile, Helena undertakes a...
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