All's Well That Ends Well

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Simon and Schuster, 23 d’ag. 2011 - 336 pàgines
Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well 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.

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-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
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-An annotated guide to further reading

Essay by David McCandless

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Editors Preface
ix
Shakespeares Alls Well That Ends Well
xiii
Alls Well That Ends Well
xv
Shakespeares Life
xxv
Shakespeares Theater
xxxv
The Publication of Shakespeares Plays
xlvi
An Introduction to This Text
l
Text of the Play with Commentary
1
ACT 3 Scene 3
113
ACT 3 Scene 5
117
ACT 3 Scene 6
125
ACT 3 Scene 7
133
ACT 4 Scene 1
139
ACT 4 Scene 2
145
ACT 4 Scene 3
151
ACT 4 Scene 4
173

ACT 1 Scene 1
7
ACT 1 Scene 2
21
ACT 1 Scene 3
27
ACT 2 Scene 1
47
ACT 2 Scene 2
63
ACT 2 Scene 3
67
ACT 2 Scene 4
87
ACT 2 Scene 5
91
ACT 3 Scene 1
101
ACT 3 Scene 2
103
ACT 4 Scene 5
175
ACT 5 Scene 1
185
ACT 5 Scene 2
189
ACT 5 Scene 3
191
Longer Notes
221
Textual Notes
227
A Modern Perspective
235
Further Reading
253
Key to Famous Lines and Phrases
281

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Sobre l'autor (2011)

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.

Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.

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