All's Well That Ends Well
About the Play
All's Well That Ends Well, which will be broadcast live on Thursday 1 October and there will be an exclusive schools' matinee on Tuesday 6 October. Tickets are now on sale in select venues. Check our Venues & Booking pages for updated information.
by William Shakespeare
Broadcast running time: 3 hrs 20 mins (including a 25 minute interval)
5 STARS
'A masterpiece of deep feeling and cunning intelligence.'
Sunday Times
4 STARS
Evening 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.
Listen to an Interview
Listen to an interview with the director. Marianne Elliott talks to Theatre Voice's Heather Neill about her magical National Theatre production of Shakespeare's play. Hear the full interview on Theatre Voice's website.
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Cast includes:
Oliver Ford Davies
Clare Higgins
Director
Marianne Elliott
Designer
Rae Smith
Lighting Designer
Peter Mumford
Music
Adam Cork
Movement Director
Laila Diallo
Projection Designers
Gemma Carrington and Jon Driscoll
Sound Designer
Ian Dickinson
