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“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 ...
A new book recreates the story behind one of England's greatest love affairs — the 17-year relationship between Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Charles Beauclerk is a direct descendant of the pair ...
And if you strip away the 17th century frippery, the fancy wigs, the oranges and the British accents, it’s also exactly the plot of “Nell Gwynn,” the limited if intermittently amusing new ...
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. By rights, says British ...
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’: 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.
Nell Gwynn — also spelled Gwyn and Gwynne — is one of history’s most famous mistresses. Born on February 2, 1650, in the depths of poverty, Nell started out working in one of London’s most ...
Nell Gwynn (Scarlett Strallen), one of the first actresses to perform on the stages of London’s burgeoning West End, captures the hearts of audiences — and the king— in Chicago Shakespeare ...
Nell Gwynn. The name is more than a theatrical history footnote. She was the longtime lover of a king and among the first women to stride the English stage. It’s the 1660s. After a dozen years ...
Witness the wittily written and astonishingly-acted production of Jessica Swale's Nell Gwynn, which will grace the Folger Theatre stage well into March. Designed as a vehicle for talented actors ...
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