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All’s Well that Ends Well by Original Practice Shakespeare Festival
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Hellena unrequitedly loves Bertram. She cures the king, winning Bertram’s hand. Bertram refuses and leaves for war with braggart Parolles and prankster soldiers. Bertram attempts to seduce a virgin and fails when Hellena secretly takes her place, thus consummating the marriage. Back home, she reveals all. Bertram suddenly loves her. All ends well.
OPS Fest brings no-cost repertory Shakespeare to parks and venues throughout the Portland Metro area. The company uses the original practice techniques of Elizabethan England: limited rehearsal, scrolls in hand, audience interaction, and an onstage prompter. In Shakespeare's Era, the audience knew the actors had not rehearsed and that the only context each had of the play was their own role on a scroll. The play was as fresh to the actors as the audience.