After winning the hand of count bertram ian charleson as a reward for saving the life of the king of france donald sinden, lowborn commoner helena angela down is forced to resort to trickery to keep aristocratic new husband. Helena, orphaned and impoverished follows the countess son bertram to court, hoping to win his heart. There is a subplot about parollesa disloyal associate of bertrams. The film stars leslie cheung, stephen chow, raymond wong, maggie cheung, sandra ng, and teresa mo. Some of the lords at the court attempt to get bertram to know that his friend parolles is a boasting coward as lafew and the countess have also said. Popular videos alls well, ends well alls well, ends well topic. Some are faithful to the original story and text, while others are adaptations that use only the plots rather than his dialogue. Lets take a peek at the more traditional interpretations currently streaming online. Adaptations that try to take the plot seriously play up parolles as this in an attempt to make bertram less of a jerkass. All s well that ends well is a play by william shakespeare. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and stylized films with plots about love, male female relationship, romance, love and romance, love triangle, shakespeares romeo and juliet and couples mostly in romance. National theatre live all s well that ends well tv, uk, 2009 director. Several avenues are available for members of the uva community needing library resources, including hathitrust s newlyreleased trove of ed digital material, open educational resources, online journals, databases, and ebooks. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
List of shakespeare film adaptations pennys poetry pages. Helena loves bertram, but he s of noble birth, while she s just a doctor s daughter. Essentially a recording of john bartons acclaimed royal shakespeare company production starring catherine lacey the countess, ian richardson bertram, lynn farleigh helen, clive swift parolles and sebastian shaw the king, it was broadcast on 3 june 1968. The alls well that ends well play opens in rousillon in the south of france and the action then moves around among rousillon, paris, and florence in italy. With frances conroy, john ferraro, mark linnbaker, larry pines. Alls well that ends well centers on the tale of helenas quest to marry the man she loves, the rather unimpressed bertram. The 1980 bbc adaptation of alls well that ends well. Fantasy of acceptance in bard on the beachs alls well. See a complete list of the characters in alls well that ends well.
The earliest known production is king john from 1899. List of william shakespeare screen adaptations wikimili. Therefore, the twin boys she gives birth to dont appear in the play, since the play ends before she can give birth. It s a tribute to a production i was able to work on in my mfa, along with linden kueck. Alls well that ends as you like it concord theatricals. There is a debate regarding the dating of the composition of the play, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608. In honor of shakespeares death april 23, stacker sought to answer these questions by compiling a list of the 50 best shakespeare film adaptations. Alls well that ends well is the title of a comedy written by william shakespeare. With catherine lacey, ian richardson, brewster mason, lynn farleigh. Another of hong kong producer raymond wongs allstar new years comedies following 1992s alls well, ends well, this episodic slapstick farce is reminiscent of the american cannonball run. Nov 08, 2015 provided to youtube by tunecore alls well that ends rainbow kitten surprise rks. Alls well that ends well film completo, streaming ita. May 9, 2014 spring 2015 production at moorpark college. Full audiobook reading of alls well that ends well by william shakespeare.
Set in early 20thcentury india, mihir bhutas gujarati adaptation works well as period drama, but misses some of shakespeares finergrained subtleties, writes andrew dickson. Alls well that ends well at gbhs the virginianpilot the. Alls well that ends well is a play by william shakespeare, published in the first folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. Alls well that ends well is a play by william shakespeare, published in the first folio in 1623. With celia johnson, ian charleson, michael hordern, angela down.
Enter countess, lafeu, and clown lafeu no, no, no, your son was misled with a snipttaffeta fellow there, whose villanous saffron would have made all the unbaked and doughy youth of a nation in. An adaptation directed by claude whatham for the bbcs theatre 625 slot. Most similar movies to alls well that ends well the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Scholars have noted that the taste of seventeenthcentury audiences had veered away from shakespeare s comedies, and. A somewhat unusual story, but an endearing one, with the usual shakespearean blend of humor, drama, romance, and. A poor doctors daughter wins the hand of bertram, the son of the countess of rousillon. Nevertheless, the language is wonderful, and the story takes many surprising turns and it starts with a parody of hamlet. Alls well that ends well on screen bfi screenonline. Television adaptations of shakespeares bitter, cynical romance.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Alls well that ends well globe player shakespeares globe. Well, youre in luck, since the beginning of motion pictures, his work has been adapted into film and tv productions like these youthful and offbeat movie adaptations. Alls well that ends well is one of shakespeares most underrated comedies.
With ben allen, cassie atkinson, jolyon coy, rob delaney. The most youll find of all s well that ends well, on the other hand, are stuffy bbc adaptations that will put your students to sleep, or poorly recorded youtube videos of stage productions. Unrequited love and unintended consequences abound in one of shakespeares most relevant and socially conscious comedies. Film adaptations of william shakespeares plays and movies heavily inspired by. Oct 30, 2016 this particular episode of finger puppet shakespeare is extremely dear to my heart. Too silly to engage viewers yet not absurd enough to be.
If anybody asked me to describe it, id call it a very serious comedy. All s well that ends well centers on the tale of helena s quest to marry the man she loves, the rather unimpressed bertram. In the new bard on the beach adaptation of alls well that ends well, cocreators and directors johnna wright and rohit chokhani set the drama in the 1940s, leading up to the partition of india. Alls well that ends well 1978 ecco una breve sintesi di alls well that ends well film completo. Alls well, ends well was a lunar new year film, where a films release was timed to coincide with the larger movie audience at that time of year. Adding entirely new annotations to the text, providing a lucid overview of the play s production history, concluding with an instructive essay on a theatrical understanding of reading plays, and illustrated with suggestive film stills throughout, kathleen kalpin smith s all s well that ends well is a welcome edition to the new kittredge shakespeare series, richly setting the play in the.
Alls well that ends well is one of shakespeares most underrated comedies, but then, its part of the late cycle of plays where the romance tends to leave a sour taste in the audiences mouth. Although two british films exist under the title alls well that ends well, the trade paper. Film adaptations 62 live performances 22 my college papers 3 plot summaries 4 shakespeare s plays 91 a midsummer night s dream 30 all s well that ends well 1 antony and cleopatra 1 as you like it 2 coriolanus 1 hamlet 6 love s labour s lost 6 macbeth 2 measure for measure 1 much ado about nothing 11 romeo and. While most only know his plays through popcultural osmosis, the tropes he invented or. Set in france and italy, alls well that ends well is a story of onesided romance, based on a tale from boccaccios the decameron. William shakespeare baptized 26 april 1564 died 23 april 1616, the only playwright most people can name, has been a major influence on english language fiction for 400 years. Although the play was originally classified as one of shakespeare s comedies, it is now considered by some critics to be one of his problem plays, so named because they cannot be neatly classified as tragedy or comedy. Bard on the beachs indiaset alls well that ends well is a landmark adaptation with a starmaking performance by andrea warner on july 2nd, 2019 at 12. Helena loves bertram but he s of noble birth, while she s just a doctor s daughter. And some of shakespeares most inventive language gives life to not just his singleminded heroine and her churlish lover, but a fantastic cast of frauds, cynics, sentimentalists and. Shakespeare, william, 15641616 film and video adaptations. Angela downs helena never quite loses the melancholy of the first scene, never quite seems at ease with her situation. The following is a hastily compiled collection of shakespearean adaptations on film.
All s well that ends well on screen television adaptations of shakespeare s bitter, cynical romance first produced 160203 and published in the first folio of 1623, this was sourced from the tale of giletta narbone from boccaccio s the decameron. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Read a plot overview of the entire play or a scene by scene summary and analysis. Comedy, romance tv movie 3 june 1968 helena loves bertram, but hes of noble birth, while shes just a doctors daughter. List of william shakespeare screen adaptations wikipedia. See more ideas about moorpark college, shakespeare quotes and shakespeare.
But bertram is at the court of the king of france, who is ill, and helena has a remedy that might cure him and win her the right to marry bertram. Alls well that ends well quotes by william shakespeare. You walk with the camera from rembrandt to vermeer, from vermeer to hals, and then back to rembrandt. All s well that ends well is a play by william shakespeare, published in the first folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies.
Alls well, ends well too 1993, sam hui, leslie cheung, rosamund kwan, teresa mo, sandra ng, raymond wong, ricky hui, ng mantat. Adding entirely new annotations to the text, providing a lucid overview of the plays production history, concluding with an instructive essay on a theatrical understanding of reading plays, and illustrated with suggestive film stills throughout, kathleen kalpin smiths alls well that ends well is a welcome edition to the new kittredge shakespeare series, richly setting the play in the. Her protestations that, alls well that ends well, thus convey a discomfort from the role she has been forced to adopt, appearing more sympathetic than smugly self. Film blog action and adventure films alls well that ends. Recent and historic media adaptations of alls well that ends well by william shakespeare, including movies, tv programs, and more. Scattershot, witless, and forgettable, raymond wongs latest rehash of 1992 screwball comedy hit may not be worth your hardearned cash. Alls well, ends well is a 1992 hong kong comedy film directed by clifton ko. This version recasts shakespeares helena sarena parmar as an orphaned indian woman who secretly loves bertram edmund stapleton, the son of the english countess lucia frangione who took her in. Top acting talent of the day, the full text and bbc classic drama values at their best. Alls well that ends well grinds the romantic against the realistic at every turn and brilliantly reverses all the usual expectations of shakespearean comedy. Alls well that ends well 1981 letterboxd social film. The battle of the five armies alls well that ends well as peter jackson rousingly brings down the curtain on his uneven but laudable lord of the rings prequel. Alls well that ends well 1978 comedy, romance tv movie.
Alls well that ends well is the debut album by american posthardcore band chiodos, released through equal vision records in july 26, 2005. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the first folio in 1623. Kings quest chapter 1 pt7 alls well, ends well by gamingnight. Video recording of a 1978 new york shakespeare festival performance. More than 420 featurelength film and tv versions of william shakespeare s plays have been produced, making shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. Alls well that ends well is one of shakespeares comedies main characters in alls well that ends well. January, 2017 elijah moshinsky seems to have imagined this as a sequence of seventeenth century dutch interiors. With michael bertenshaw, sam cox, sam crane, naomi cranston. There is a reason no one else in the senior class complained about the film. Helena loves bertram, but hes of noble birth, while shes just a doctors daughter. The tale of a poor physicians daughter who cures a king and claims a husband as reward sits well with modern gender politics. Skvheshakespeares mother the secret life of a tudor woman recommended for you. My favourite to least favourite shakespearean adaptations. Alls well, ends well 2009 2009 tv14 1h 39m international movies bound by a family rule that forbids him from marrying until his stubborn sister gets hitched, a bachelor enlists the help of a.
Nicholas cage says it about the screenplay he is writing within the movie itself. Alls well that ends well 1981 directed by elijah moshinsky. It is the fourth instalment in the alls well, ends well film series, the previous film being alls well, ends well 1997 the film stars louis koo as a love therapist who is hired to woo a hottempered young woman by her brother ronald. The script contains text from five of shakespeare s plays. Show more shakespeares play, which opens in france at the estate of the countess of rousillon, tells of the. Marianne elliott michelle terry helena, george rainsford count bertram, claire higgins the countess of rousillon, oliver ford davies the king of france, conleth hill parolles as you like it.
The film stars nicolas cage as kaufman and his fictional twin brother donald, meryl streep as susan orlean, and chris cooper as john laroche, with cara seymour, brian cox, tilda swinton, ron livingston, and maggie gyllenhaal in supporting roles it is based both on orleans 1998. Best movies like alls well that ends well bestsimilar. But bertram is at the court of the king of france, who is ill, and helena has a remedy that might cure. An overview and statistics of shakespeare s play all s well that ends well. When parolles believes himself to be captured by the enemy, he shamelessly sells out his fellow soldiers to save his life. List of william shakespeare screen adaptations infogalactic. A woman goes to extraordinary lengths to win the man she loves.
Shakespeare film adaptations show list info a list of the best shakespeare plays and adaptations portrayed on screen, including faithful wordforword productions to completely modern overhauls. See more ideas about wellness, shakespeare and royal shakespeare company. Michael kahn discusses alls well that ends well some people consider alls well that ends well one of the runts of the litter, but i happen to love it. From babylon to america, the prophecy movie by school for prophets attila kakarott duration. Bard on the beachs indiaset alls well that ends well is a. Two examples, that in a way are only one the play takes place during a shorter time frame than the short story from the decameron that its based on. Alls well that ends well royal shakespeare company. Rent alls well that ends well 1981 on dvd and bluray. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Contained in the volume four plays for coarse actors in which the plays are presented as parodies of four dramatic styles. This study guide consists of approximately 152 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of alls well that ends well.
Warm bodies is another loose shakespeare adaptation, but it focuses on the forbidden love between zombie r nicholas hoult and the woman he can never be with, julie teresa palmer. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Alls well that ends well is a play by william shakespeare that was first performed in 1741. Newlywed helena is abandoned by a petulant bertram who insists that she may not call him husband until she gets from him a ring and can bear him a child. Short play, comedy 3f, 9m alls well that ends as you like it by michael green. Helen, act 4 scene 4 7 in watching all of the bbc television plays of the 1970s and 1980s seen as television plays, these bbc adaptations are excellent. Much of what appears in today s music videos, on prime time and in. Shakespeares mother the secret life of a tudor woman bbc documentary 2015 duration. The line i didnt want to write something about a hero overcoming any odds or any succeeding in the end is from the movie adaptation. Sometimes its done as a fairy tale, but i think that is.
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