All’s Well That Ends Well

All’s Well That Ends Well concerns a maid, Helena, who cures the King of France of a disease, then requests for Lord Bertram’s hand in marriage. Bertram reluctanlty obliges, then quickly flees to Italy to engage in war, hoping for death. Helena is greatly hurt, and sets out on a pilgrimage, only to wind up in Florence, Italy, where she meets Bertram’s new young mistress, Diana. In a perplexing “bed trick,” Helena sleeps with Bertram, while Bertram believes he is sleeping with Diana. This act secures Helena’s bond to Bertram who, matured by war, consents to happily love Helena and their future child.

Inside Central Park at West 103rd Street & CPW.