All's Well That Ends Well | Globe Tickets

A woman cures the king, then takes her obsession with the man she loves man to new extremes. Welcome to Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, a rarely-staged thriller of a treat produced with wit and humour at the capital's only candlelit theatre, Shakespeare's Globe.

Written by William Shakespeare some time between 1598 and 1608, the play is based on Giletta di Narbona from Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. This fresh new production brings the Bard's compelling story bang up to date.

All's Well That Ends Well the story

A comedy-thriller with a difference, this is the story of Helen. She's an ordinary woman but she manages to cure the king of his illness. As a reward she's allowed to marry anybody she wants – and for some reason she wants the horrible Bertram, the nobleman she's been in love with for ages. He isn't happy, fleeing abroad to escape her, but the manipulative Helen doesn't give up that easily and follows him. Will she ever be accepted as Bertram's wife?

About All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well is one of Shakespeare's 'problem' plays, originally listed as one of his comedies. A lesser-known play than many, it is rarely performed – giving you the chance to see something extra-special. Far from a typical Shakespearean comedy, it is spiced up with death, betrayal, hate, and lost love.

This new production is lively and succinct, slimmed down and speeded up to create a brisk, brutal plot exploring toxic masculinity, set in 1950s France and Italy, brilliantly produced by Chelsea Walker and starring a top class cast.

All's Well That Ends Well cast and creatives

Ruby Bentall (Our Country's Good) plays Helen and Kit Young (Shadow and Bone) is Bertram. They're joined by Catrin Aaron (Richard III), Emilio Doorgasingh (Game of Thrones), Richard Katz (The Fir Tree), Caroline Moroney (Pygmalion), Georgia-Mae Myers (Titus Andronicus), Kwami Odoom (Force Majeure), Siobhán Redmond (A Midsummer Night's Dream), William Robinson (Bacon), Sachin K. Sharma (Strike, Things You Should Have Done), and Adam Wadsworth (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).

As well as director Chelsea Walker (Visit from an Unknown Woman), who is making her Globe directorial debut, the creative team comprises candlelight designer Bethany Gupwell (Larmes de Couteat/Full Moon in March), co-costume designer and Costume Supervisor Megan Rarity (The Other Place), set designer and co-costume designer Rosanna Vize (King Lear), composer Simon Slater (Constellations), fight director Kevin McCurdy (The Colour Purple), and intimacy director Lucy Fennell (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story).