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Alls Well That Ends Well

Alls Well That Ends Well

Live by satellite from the National Theatre

1st October 2009

Duration: 180
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5 STARS'A masterpiece of deep feeling and cunning intelligence.'Sunday Times

4 STARSEvening Standard, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Metro, Sunday Express, thelondonpaper, The Times, Time Out

'A fairy-tale for adults... beautiful, funny and touching.'Daily Telegraph

‘It is so richly conceived, such a pleasure in every detail that I'd love to see it all over again.' Observer

'The performances are uniformly excellent...Marianne Elliott's direction has a clarity not short of visionary.' Evening Standard

The feisty but lowly Helena falls in love with Bertram, a haughty count. To gain his hand she is set a string of impossible tasks. Even if accomplished, they can hardly guarantee his love. He refuses to bed her and yet says he'll only be hers if she bears his child; and he lusts after another. Nevertheless, our heroine, whether wisely or no, refuses to give him up.

Set against a background of sexism, snobbery and a battle between the generations, Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well turns fairytale logic on its head. A wondrous, bittersweet story.