Anna Neagle’s hoydenish personality fits her role. De Casalis, if a bit broad and physically unprepossessing as a favorite inamorata, endows the part with the proper amount of restraint.

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Cedric Hardwicke, England’s famous character actor, takes the part of Charles II opposite Anna Neagle. Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist of Restoration times, will figure in the background figures.

Anna Neagle Nell Gwyn Cedric Hardwicke Charles II Jeanne de Casalis Duchess of Portsmouth Lawrence Anderson Duke of York Miles Malleson Chiffinch Esme Percy Samuel Pepys Muriel George Meg Moore ...

Nell Gwyn (Radio Edit) Greg Jenner and his guests travel back to 17th-century England to meet Nell Gwyn, one of the first actresses in comedy and a mistress to King Charles II.