Theater Review: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’: A Comic Problem Play

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CHICAGO—It’s considered one of Shakespeare’s problem plays, which is why the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, always appreciating a challenge, decided to mount “All’s Well That Ends Well.”

Why is it considered a problem play? Because it presents characters who are seriously flawed, but that is also what makes it a comedy.  In fact, if the characters weren’t as flawed as they are, the play wouldn’t be as funny.

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Betty Mohr
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As an arts writer and movie/theater/opera critic, Betty Mohr has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Australian, The Dramatist, the SouthtownStar, the Post Tribune, The Herald News, The Globe and Mail in Toronto, and other publications.
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