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All's Well That Ens Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623.

Trivia about all's well that ends well

  • You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram
  • All's swell that bends Nell
  • In lists of Shakespeare's plays, this comedy is placed first alphabetically
  • "Ende Gut, Alles Gut" is the German title of this Shakespeare play
  • A 1958 Three Stooges short changed "All" to "Oil" in this Shakespeare title
  • The main plot of this comedy comes from Boccaccio's "Decameron"; its title ensures a happy ending
  • The title of this problem comedy tells you how everything is going to turn out when the play is over
  • Bertram, the Count of Rousillon, is the hero of this comedy whose title foretells its happy ending

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