All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate regarding the dating of the composition of the play, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608.
Bertram is compelled to marry Helena. Bertram refuses to consummate their marriage. He goes to Italy. In Italy he courts Diana. Helena meets Diana. They perform the bed trick.
The play is based on the tale of Giletta di Narbona of Boccaccio's The Decameron. Frank Ernest Halliday speculated that Shakespeare may have read a French translation of the tale in William Painter's Palace of Pleasure.
All's Well That Ends Well is considered one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", a play that poses complex ethical dilemmas that require more than typically simple solutions.
Excerpted from All's Well That Ends Well on Wikipedia.
All's Well That Ends Well
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Country | England |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Copyright | Public domain worldwide |
| Book cover | - |
| Ebooks | Project Gutenberg |
| Scans | Google-digitized |
| Audio | Librivox | Internet Archive Reader: Group, Dramatic Readings 00 01 02 03 04 05 |
| Read online | All's Well That Ends Well |