All's Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare · c. 1605 CE · Play · English · Renaissance

Helena, a physician's daughter raised in the Countess's household, cures the King of France of a disease his doctors gave up on and asks for Bertram's hand as her reward. He marries under royal order, leaves at once for the Tuscan wars, and sends word of two conditions he considers impossible. A comedy that refuses to feel like one.

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• parallels ↑ Measure for Measure
  William Shakespeare · c. 1604 CE · Play
• ↓ Cymbeline
  William Shakespeare · c. 1610 CE · Play — shares sources with this

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