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''This article is about Shakespeare's play. For other uses, see [[All's Well That Ends Well (disambiguation)]].''
 
''All’s Well That Ends Well'', one of [[William Shakespeare's plays]], is the story of its heroine, Helen, more so than the story of Bertram, for whose love she yearns. Helen wins Bertram as her husband despite his lack of interest and higher social standing, but she finds little happiness in the victory as he shuns, deserts, and attempts to betray her.
 
The play suggests some sympathy for Bertram. As a ward to the French king, he must remain at court while his friends go off to war and glory. When Helen cures the King, he makes Bertram available to her. To exert any control over his life, Bertram goes to war in Italy.
 
Helen then takes the initiative in furthering their marriage, undertaking an arduous journey and a daring trick. Few today, however, see a fairy-tale ending.
 
Most scholars believe that Shakespeare wrote ''All’s Well That Ends Well'' between 1601 and 1605. Its first known publication was in the 1623 First Folio. Among Shakespeare’s sources was William Painter’s ''Palace of Pleasure'', an English translation of the story as told in Boccaccio's ''Decameron''.<ref>Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2001 Folger Shakespeare Library.</ref>


== Productions at the Folger ==
== Productions at the Folger ==
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== Early editions ==
== Early editions ==
<gallery>
File:STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68 v1v-y1v.jpg|The first page of ''All's Well That Ends Well'' as printed in an edition of the 1623 First Folio.
File:STC 22274 Fo.2 no.07 V1v.jpg|The first page of ''All's Well That Ends Well'' as printed in an edition of the 1632 Second Folio.
</gallery>
'''First Folio'''


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:LUNA: [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/37n02g/ First Folio]: v1v - y1v
:Hamnet: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=78903/ STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68]
:Hamnet: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=78903/ STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68]
'''Second Folio'''


:LUNA: [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/m1xern/ Second Folio]: V1v- Y1v
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== Modern editions ==
== Modern editions ==
[[File:All's Well That Ends Well Folger Edition.jpg|150px|right]]
''All's Well That Ends Well'' can be read online with the [http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=AWW&loc=p7/ Folger Digital Texts] and purchased from [http://books.simonandschuster.net/Alls-Well-That-Ends-Well/William-Shakespeare/Folger-Shakespeare-Library/9781451644456/ Simon and Schuster].
Hamnet link to Folger Edition: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=193015/ PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.04]


''All's Well That Ends Well'' can be read online with the [http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=AWW&loc=p7/ Folger Digital Texts] and purchased from [http://books.simonandschuster.net/Alls-Well-That-Ends-Well/William-Shakespeare/Folger-Shakespeare-Library/9781451644456/ Simon and Schuster].


:Hamnet link to Folger Edition: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=193015/ PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.04]
==In popular culture==


== Translations ==
== Translations ==
The Folger owns at least seven stand-alone translations of ''All's Well That Ends Well'' in various languages (not including collected works). Cataloging of these works is ongoing as of early 2015, and many have full-level catalog records, but some works still have only partial records. Translations can be found [[Hamnet]] in by searching for "Translations"in the '''Genre/Form Term''' field, or by searching the '''Call Number (Left-Anchored)''' field for call numbers starting with PR2796 (see the list of [[List of Sh.Col. call numbers#PR2796 .E2.80.93 Translations|Sh.Col. translations call numbers]] for specific language call numbers). Since not all translations are fully cataloged, some items may only turn up in one of these searches.


== Performance materials ==  
== Performance materials ==  


== Other media ==
== Other media ==
===Image Group===
Explore the curated [https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/1h8r8z image group] for ''All's Well That Ends Well'' in the Folger digital image collection.
== Notes ==
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[[Category: Early modern drama]]

Latest revision as of 08:29, 13 November 2020

This article is about Shakespeare's play. For other uses, see All's Well That Ends Well (disambiguation).

All’s Well That Ends Well, one of William Shakespeare's plays, is the story of its heroine, Helen, more so than the story of Bertram, for whose love she yearns. Helen wins Bertram as her husband despite his lack of interest and higher social standing, but she finds little happiness in the victory as he shuns, deserts, and attempts to betray her.

The play suggests some sympathy for Bertram. As a ward to the French king, he must remain at court while his friends go off to war and glory. When Helen cures the King, he makes Bertram available to her. To exert any control over his life, Bertram goes to war in Italy.

Helen then takes the initiative in furthering their marriage, undertaking an arduous journey and a daring trick. Few today, however, see a fairy-tale ending.

Most scholars believe that Shakespeare wrote All’s Well That Ends Well between 1601 and 1605. Its first known publication was in the 1623 First Folio. Among Shakespeare’s sources was William Painter’s Palace of Pleasure, an English translation of the story as told in Boccaccio's Decameron.[1]

Productions at the Folger

Early editions

First Folio

LUNA: First Folio: v1v - y1v
Hamnet: STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68

Second Folio

LUNA: Second Folio: V1v- Y1v
Hamnet: STC 22274 Fo.2 no.07

Modern editions

All's Well That Ends Well Folger Edition.jpg

All's Well That Ends Well can be read online with the Folger Digital Texts and purchased from Simon and Schuster.

Hamnet link to Folger Edition: PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.04





In popular culture

Translations

The Folger owns at least seven stand-alone translations of All's Well That Ends Well in various languages (not including collected works). Cataloging of these works is ongoing as of early 2015, and many have full-level catalog records, but some works still have only partial records. Translations can be found Hamnet in by searching for "Translations"in the Genre/Form Term field, or by searching the Call Number (Left-Anchored) field for call numbers starting with PR2796 (see the list of Sh.Col. translations call numbers for specific language call numbers). Since not all translations are fully cataloged, some items may only turn up in one of these searches.

Performance materials

Other media

Image Group

Explore the curated image group for All's Well That Ends Well in the Folger digital image collection.

Notes

  1. Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2001 Folger Shakespeare Library.