Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

Open Air Shakespeare presents William Shakespeare’s comic/drama ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (in English). At the beautiful Palace Gomes Freire, Rua Gomes Freire 98, 1150-179 Lisbon. 

This is the eighth Shakespeare play Open Air Shakespeare has presented in Lisbon, and it will be performed by our joyful ensemble of actors, which includes Portuguese Nationals and actors from around the world who now live in Portugal.

Only 4 performances - October 3rd and 4th, with matinees at 13:00 and evening performances at 18:00 on both dates.

Open Air Shakespeare is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a New York State Registered Charity, that produces plays and films in the US and EU. Your kind nonrefundable, minimum donation of €14.00 to the Open Air Shakespeare organization grants one person entry to see the play, on the original time and date booked. We accept PayPal, debit bank cards or credit cards (cash entry at the door is €18)

Your generosity goes a long way. it allows OAS compensate the actors and crew members,, it helps us develop and produce more plays, and it supports our various educational programs for children and adults, including the Shakespeare-in-the-Schools Program.

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The ALL’s WELL THAT ENDS brief synopsis: 

In All’s Well That Ends Well, a woman is given in marriage to the man she longs for, but, because she is of lower rank, he refuses to accept the marriage. It becomes her challenge to win his acceptance.

Helen, the daughter of a dead physician, secretly loves Bertram, the Count of Rosillion’s son. When the count dies, Bertram becomes a ward of the French king, who is dying of a fistula. Helen heals the ailing king, and he grants her wish to marry his ward. Bertram refuses to consummate the marriage and goes off to war, sending Helen a list of seemingly impossible conditions to be met before he will consider her his wife.

To meet his conditions, Helen substitutes herself for a woman whom Bertram desires, and sleeps with him. When false news comes that Helen is dead, Bertram faces the charge that he has killed her. Helen, now pregnant, reappears, saving Bertram and demonstrating that she has met his conditions. Bertram then acknowledges her. (Synopsis credit: The Folger’s Shakespeare Library)