Guide Note

All's Well That Ends Well is a classic comedy by William Shakespeare. Commonly referred to as one of Shakespeare's "problem plays,"¹ there is no record of the play having been performed until long after Shakespeare's death.

Fast Facts

Written: 1601-1608
Based on: Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio²
First Publication: 1623 (First Folio)
One of Shakespeare's least-performed plays
First performance: 1741 at Goodman's Fields³
Ran for 38 performances on Broadway in 1983
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Famous Quotes⁴

"My friends were poor but honest." 1.3
"They say miracles are past." 2.3
"A young man married is a man that's marred." 2.3
"No legacy is so rich as honesty." 3.5
"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together." 4.3

Problem Play

All's Well That Ends Well has been classified by Shakespeare scholars as a "problem play," in that it is difficult to determine if it was written as a comedy or a tragedy. Other problem plays include Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida.¹

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