By Jessica Swale
London, 1660. King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all issues loud, extravagant and attractive. And at Drury Lane, a tender Nell Gwynn is inflicting stirrings among the theatregoers.
Nell Gwynn charts the increase of an not likely heroine, from her roots in Coal backyard Alley to her luck as Britain's so much celebrated actress, and her hard-won position within the center of the King. yet at a time whilst girls are second-class voters, can her attraction and spirit defend her from the hazards of the Court?
Jessica Swale's exhilarating tackle the heady international of recovery theatre premiered at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in September 2015, in a construction directed by way of Christopher Luscombe and starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Nell.
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London, 1660. King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all issues loud, extravagant and horny. And at Drury Lane, a tender Nell Gwynn is inflicting stirrings among the theatregoers. Nell Gwynn charts the increase of an not going heroine, from her roots in Coal backyard Alley to her good fortune as Britain's so much celebrated actress, and her hard-won position within the center of the King. yet at a time while girls are second-class electorate, can her attraction and spirit shield her from the hazards of the Court? Jessica Swale's exhilarating tackle the heady global of recovery theatre premiered at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in September 2015, earlier than moving to the West lead to February 2016, starring Gemma Arterton. 'superbly humorous… a juicy, well-wrought factor of significant enjoyable, a perfectly layered party of theatre, yet so much of all an apt homage to a girl awfully sooner than her time' - Time Out 'It’s really a narrative, and playwright Jessica Swale seizes on it with gusto during this bubbling new comedy which zigzags among the ego-fuelled practice session rooms of Drury Lane and the intrigue-soaked corridors of Charles II’s beleaguered court docket with boisterous panache... The comedy is note-perfect' - Telegraph 'a party of the level for its personal sake, and a riotous end-of-term romp.' - WhatsOnStage 'a rollicking strong evening’s entertainment... an never-ending pride' - Evening Standard |
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