Bibliograph

All's well that ends well, William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Films ; producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Elijah Moshinsky

Type

Label

All's well that ends well, William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Films ; producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Elijah Moshinsky

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

All's well that ends well

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Films ; producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Elijah Moshinsky

Series statement

The Shakespeare playsThe complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare

Summary

The play opens in Rousillon, a Catalan province of Spain, where young Count Bertram bids farewell to his mother the Countess and Helena, as he leaves for the court of Paris at the French King's order. Bertram's father has recently died and Bertram is to be the King's ward and attendant. Helena, a young minor noblewoman and ward of the Countess, whose father has also recently died, laments her unrequited love for Bertram, and losing him to Paris, which weighs on her though it seems to others that she mourns her father

Target audience

adult

Classification