
When Helen cures the King of France of an ailment that has confounded every other doctor, he grants her lifetime wish: the marital hand of the aristocratic courtier Bertram. However, Bertram proves a reluctant husband and immediately heads off to war, leaving Helen with a seemingly impossible riddle to solve in order to seal their marriage.
Bertram

Helen

Countess of Rossillion

King of France

Lavatch
Parolles
Duke of Florence

Doctor
Reynaldo

Lafew

Diana

Widow