Author:William Shakespeare,Carl Prekopp,Siân Phillips,Miriam Margolyes,Full Cast,Emma Fielding,Simon Russell Beale,Richard Griffiths
In this BBC full-cast production of All's Well That Ends Well, the trials of marriage are hilariously explored. Will Helena complete the Herculean tasks to win Bertram's love?
All's Well That Ends Well finds Helena rewarded for her ministries to the sick with the choice of any husband she wishes. Her choice, Bertram, is unwilling to have her as his wife and sets her a number of seemingly impossible tasks to complete before he will relent.
Starring Emma Fielding as Helena, Siân Phillips as the Countess and Miriam Margolyes as the Widow, with Richard Griffiths as the King, Simon Russell Beale as Parolles and Carl Prekopp as Bertram.
BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly-formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
In this acclaimed BBC Radio Shakespeare series, each play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre. Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the modern day.
A very entertaining and endearing read
—— The TimesA stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping
—— Marie ClaireAbout the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision
—— Irish TimesIt takes a writer with real talent to make this work, and Hornby has it - in buckets
—— Literary Review