All’s Well That Ends Well (BBC Drama, Ian Charleson, Celia Johnson)

Period comedy drama All’s Well That Ends Well, an entry in the BBC’s Television Shakespeare collection, when Bertram (Ian Charleson), the King of France marries Helena (Angela Down), he sets out a series of tests that must make her prove her love before consumation of the marriage takes place.

Cast: IAN CHARLESON as Bertram; ANGELA DOWN as Helena; CELIA JOHNSON as Countess of Roussilon; MICHAEL HORDERN as Lafeau; PETER JEFFREY as Parolles; PIPPA GUARD as Diana; ROBERT LINDSAY as 1st French Lord; ROSEMARY LEACH as Widow of Florence; DONALD SINDEN as King of France; PAUL BROOKE as Lavache

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Writer: William Shakespeare / Music: Stephen Oliver / Producers: Jonathan Miller, Joseph Papp / Director: Elijah Moshinsky

UK / BBC (BBC Television Shakespeare) / 1×160 minute episodes / 1980

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