All's Well That Ends Well

On Sunday evening, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a performance of All's Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare. This is available, online, for 7 days after performance - see the Radio 3 Group Page for more details.

Shakespeare's play, which opens in France at the estate of the Countess of Rousillon, tells of the extraordinary lengths a young woman will go to to win the hand of the young man she loves. Helena, a waiting woman and ward of the Countess, has set her sights on Bertram, the Countess's son.

Helena ...... Emma Fielding
Countess ...... Sian Phillips
Widow ...... Miriam Margolyes
King ...... Richard Griffiths
Lafew ...... George Baker
Parolles ...... Simon Russell Beale
Duke ...... David Timson
Bertram ...... Carl Prekopp
Steward/2nd soldier ...... Ian Masters
Clown/Second Lord ...... Ewan Bailey
Diana ...... Helen Longworth
Mariana ...... Emma Field-Rayner
First Lord ...... Iwan Thomas
Gent ...... Gerard McDermott
1st Soldier/1st Gent ...... Ben Onwukwe
2nd Gent/4th Lord ...... Peter Darney

Music written and performed by Neil Brand.

Directed by Peter Kavanagh.

Thanks, Antimusak! Glad I checked this group this morning. I might have missed it. I have read all of Shakespeare's plays now except for one: Henry the Eighth and a couple of his long poems.

Shoot, I missed it. I would have loved to heard it. One of our summer shows were doing this year will be All's Well and it would have been a nice refresher.

It was a treat to sit back with my "All's Well" propped up on my stomach and follow along. I got to see where a director/dramaturg(?) made decisions to cut the dialogue. An excellent production and acting.