All’s Well That Ends Well

Name: All’s Well That Ends Well
Author: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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Dramatis Personae

King of France
Duke of Florence
Bertram, Count of Rousillon
Lafeu, an old lord
Parolles, a follower of Bertram
Steward, servant to the Countess of Rousillon
Clown, servant to the Countess of Rousillon
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Countess of Rousillon, mother to Bertram
Helena, a gentlewoman protected by the Countess
An old widow of Florence
Diana, daughter to the widow
Violenta, neighbour and friend to the widow
Mariana, neighbour and friend to the widow
Lords, officers, soldiers, etc., French and Florentine

Scene: Rousillon; Paris; Florence; Marseilles.

Act I

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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Dramatis Personae

King of France

Duke of Florence

Bertram, Count of Rousillon

Lafeu, an old lord

Parolles, a follower of Bertram

Steward, servant to the Countess of Rousillon

Clown, servant to the Countess of Rousillon

A Page

Countess of Rousillon, mother to Bertram

Helena, a gentlewoman protected by the Countess

An old widow of Florence

Diana, daughter to the widow

Violenta, neighbour and friend to the widow

Mariana, neighbour and friend to the widow

Lords, officers, soldiers, etc., French and Florentine

Scene: Rousillon; Paris; Florence; Marseilles.

More by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

You get a play that keeps changing its mind about love, from the quarrelling lovers in the forest to Bottom blundering through his amateur performance. The language is playful and slippery, and Puck gives the whole thing a mischievous sense that human beings are never quite in control.

Antony and Cleopatra

These two aren't young lovers, they're middle-aged, vain, magnificent messes who keep wrecking empires over each other, and you half want to shake them. Stay for Enobarbus, the dry-eyed friend whose barge speech about Cleopatra is worth the whole play.

As You Like It

Once everyone escapes to the Forest of Arden, the play just relaxes, and you get Rosalind in disguise coaching her own lovestruck suitor in how to woo her. She runs the whole show, wittier than anyone around her, and the melancholy Jaques grumbling nearby only sweetens it.