Presents Shakespeare's dark comedy about young lovers and a Jewish money lender who demands a pound of flesh in payment for a debt. Includes explanatory notes on facing pages, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, a modern perspective essay, and an introduction to the play and the language of Shakespeare.

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With facsimile of the t-p. of the Elizabethan Club copy of the only early quarto edition.Bibliography: p. [130].Includes index.

Presents the text of Shakespeare's comedy of love and redemption in exile, and includes information about the performance history of the play, explanatory notes, and other reference materials.

Contains facsimile reproduction of the title-page of the Elizabethan club copy of the first separate edition of "All's well that ends well," London, 1734.The text is that of Craig's Oxford Shakespeare, with alterations."Suggestions for collateral reading": p. [129]Includes index.

Contains facsimile reproduction of "the t.-p. of Bartholomew Yonge's translation (1598) of Montemayor's Diana"."Suggestions for collateral reading": p. [98].Includes index.

Contains an introduction to the play, the text of the play, and notes.

The doctor continues his practice in the picturesque seaside town of Portwenn, while raising his son with wife Louisa.

All is not well for brilliant but boorish Dr. Martin Ellingham as the hit British dramedy returns. To Martin's utter disgust, his medical practice remains under official scrutiny because of his pre-existing blood phobia, and he is forced to attend refresher courses starting with phlebotomy. His wife, Louisa, and aunt Ruth urge him to take this risk to his career seriously, but events conspire against him.