It stars one of the Stratford Festival’s marquee names, Colm Feore (say “fee-OR”), and was directed by “the boss” (the Artistic Director of the entire Festival) Antoni Cimolino. Shakespeare’s RICHARD III (say “Richard the third”) is one of those productions that we will be talking about for a long, long time. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL runs through October 29 and was the first play we saw at the new Tom Patterson Theatre, an impressive space with great sightlines, comfortable seating, a big lounge area and generous hallways. Hill as Helen and to the talented trio of actor Rylan Wilkie, director Scott Wentworth, and costume director Michelle Barnier for making the character Parolles (Bertram’s friend) absolutely hilarious. A major shout-out to the super-talented Jessica B. So, yes, it’s not one of the more often produced plays, but if you want to see it performed as good as it can be, and if you want Shakespeare that’s accessible to first-time theater-goers as well as old Shakespeare hands, then this is your ticket. Helen does get her man but by subterfuge, making this one of the so-called “problem plays” (as is HAMLET) in that the ethics and actions of the characters to achieve their goals (both Helen and Bertram) are questionable. The gender reversal here is that Bertram finds himself in the same situation as millions of women have over the years – being told whom to marry, like it or not. But he doesn’t want to get married to someone he did not choose. She wishes to marry Bertram, who, since his father also died recently, is in fealty to said king and must obey. Helen uses her skill to cure the king and thereby is granted a wish. The plot revolves around a highly skilled daughter of a recently deceased doctor. Unlike HAMLET at Stratford, there is no gender-bending in the casting that’s taken care of by the play. Photo by David Hou.ĪLL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, like HAMLET this summer, uses “color rich” casting. Hill as Helen in All’s Well that Ends Well.
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