“Nell Gwynn,” which I found disappointingly unrevealing about the famous actress-turned-mistress of King Charles II, is one of a slew of in-vogue, para-history plays dealing with the backstage ...

If I was a producer, I would bring this Folger Theatre production of Nell Gwynn to Broadway. Why you may ask? First, it was a huge success in London. It was commissioned by London's Shakespeare ...

“Nell Gwynn,” the stylistic hodgepodge of an offering at Folger Theatre, represents what you might call the comedy of hope — the hope being that the next scene will be funnier than the one ...

She's more interesting as one of the first women on the British stage than as a royal mistress in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production.

‘Nell Gwynn’: Theater Review. Gugu Mbatha-Raw returns to the London stage after her film successes to play the original tart with heart, the orange-seller-turned-royal mistress, at the Globe.

If 17th-century Londoner Nell Gwynn is remembered today, it’s usually for the wrong reasons — as an orange seller who became mistress to England’s King Charles II.

Things Unseen Theatre brings history to life in the play “Nell Gwynn,” showing Sept. 8-11 at the Church in the Middle of the Block (Cultural Resource Center), at 217 Fifth Ave., Altoona.

Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre opens its 21st Season with Jessica Swale's NELL GWYNN, a comedy based on the true story of an orange vendor who becomes one of the most celebrated actresses in 17th ...

The mistresses of kings have always come in for their full share of fame. Mistresses per se are an appealing topic. So are kings. The combination is irresistible. Thus the fame of Agnes Sorel, of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Department of Theatre is pleased to present “Nell Gwynn” by Jessica Swale and directed by William W. Lewis. This production will be available virtually, ...

In this breezy, quasi-feminist 2015 historical comedy, based on the unlikely life of the titular 17th-century folk heroine—who, upon her death at age 37, had gone from prostitute to celebrated ...