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All’s Well That Ends Well - Act 2, Scene 3

Today we take another look at one of Shakespeare’s oddest plays!

The heroine of All’s Well That Ends Well is Helena, the orphaned ward of a Countess who is in love with Bertram, attendant to the King of France, and the Countess’ son. She gets a chance to win Bertram’s hand in marriage when she uses the skills her late physician father taught her to heal the King. As a reward, he offers her the hand of any man she chooses, but the rather snooty Bertram isn’t exactly willing to go along with this arrangement (“A poor physician’s daughter, my wife? Disdain rather corrupt me for ever!”).

Fortunately for Helena, the King is on her side, and he gives Bertram the telling-off he deserves!


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