REVIEWS AND RETROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS

Berry, Ralph. "Stratford Festival Canada." Shakespeare Quarterly 29, No. 2 (Spring 1978): 222-28.

Praises individual performances in David Jones's 1978 staging of All's Well that Ends Well, but describes the production as a whole as "unsatisfying."

Edinborough, Arnold. "A New Stratford Festival." Shakespeare Quarterly V, No. 1 (Winter 1954): 47-50.

Favorable review of Tyrone Guthrie's 1954 production of All's Well that Ends Well

Review of All's Well that Ends Well. The European Magazine and London Review 27 (January 1795): 48.

Favorable review of J. P. Kemble's 1795 production of All's Well that Ends Well at Drury Lane.

Evans, Gareth Lloyd. "Shakespeare in Stratford and London, 1981." Shakespeare Quarterly 33, No. 2 (Summer 1982): 184-88.

Favorable review that refers to Trevor Nunn's 1981-83 staging of All's Well that Ends Well as the "finest production of the year."

Fleming, Peter. Review of All's Well that Ends Well. Spectator 194, No. 6619 (6 May 1955): 586.

Somewhat favorable review that praises the scenery and lighting in Noel Willman's 1955 production of All's Well that Ends Well and maintains that as a whole, the production was "good."

Hewes, Henry. "Sunrise at ASFTA." The New York Times Saturday Review XLII, No. 34 (22 August 1959): 23.

Praises John Houseman's 1959 production of All's Well that Ends Well and his ability to direct the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy company in such a way as to make "this unpopular play work."

Greenwald, Michael L. "The Owl and the Cuckoo." In Directions by Indirections: John Barton of the Royal Shakespeare Company, pp. 81-114. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985.

Detailed assessment of Barton's 1967 production of All's Well that Ends Well in which the critic claims that the most successful aspect of the performance was "its ability to make real several of Shakespeare's most enigmatic characters."

Kroll, Jack. "All's Well on the Royal Road." Newsweek CI, No. 17 (25 April 1983): 98.

Favorable review of Trevor Nunn's 1981-83 production of All's Well that Ends Well in which the critic credits Nunn with finding "the emotional heart of the play."

Matthews, John F. "Poor Shakespear!" In Shaw's Dramatic Criticism (1895-98), pp. 12-18. New York: Hill and Wang, 1959.

Lengthy review of the Irving Dramatic Club's 1985 performance of All's Well that Ends Well in which the critic conveys his disappointment in the company's ability to "play Shakespear for Shakespear's sake," and to eliminate the commercialism which typically is an aspect of performances of Shakespeare's plays.

McGlinchee, Claire. "Stratford, Connecticut, Shakespeare Festival, 1959." Shakespeare Quarterly X (Autumn 1959): 573-76.

Favorable review that praises John Houseman's direction of All's Well that Ends Well in 1959.

Simon, John. "A Tale of Two Wills." New York 11, No. 30 (24 July 1978): 70.

Argues that Wilford Leach's farcical interpretation of All's Well that Ends Well in 1978 at Central Park's Delacorte stage reduces the production to a play not even recognizable as All's Well.

"Covent-Garden Theatre." The Times, No. 14982 (13 October 1832): 3.

Unfavorable review which questions the decision to produce All's Well that Ends Well at all, and maintains that in Frederick Reynolds's 1832 production, the principal actors were not at all suited to their roles.

Trewin, J. C. Review of All's Well that Ends Well. The Illustrated London News 270, No. 7002 (January 1982): 8.

Favorable review of Trevor Nunn's 1982 staging of All's Well that Ends Well at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.