Directed by Liana Olear
A rarely performed comedy, All's Well That Ends Well retells that old story
of a young person employing wits, courage, friendship and questionable
ethics to win a noble marriage.
Shakespeare's twist on the classic tale is that the plucky protagonist is a
girl, the intelligent and impulsive Helena, a famous doctor's daughter
raised in the household of the Countess of Roussillon, and the reluctant
prize is a boy, the young Count Bertram, who is not ready to marry anyone
at all, let alone his mother's ward. The Rude Mechanicals add their own
dash of girl power: a world much like ours, but dominated by the female
King of France and her court of Ladies.
All may be well that ends well, but
whose idea of a happy ending will it be?
Howard County Center for the Arts
8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043
Preview Night (Pay what you will): Thursday, January 14, 8:30pm
Friday, January 15, 8pm
Saturday, January 16, 8pm