“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.

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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 ...

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.