Pretty Witty Nell
From: Monday, 8th June 2009
To: Tuesday, 9 June 2009
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Synopsis
"The King may by your Charles II, but he's Charles III to me - I had a couple of Charlies before him." Nell Gwyn born in the gutters of Covent Garden, by sheer force of wit and charm became the most glittering actress and best loved character of her day. Pepys adored her and Dryden wrote plays for her. The people were entranced by her. Nell's life with Charles lasted for 18 turbulent years.
Our Review:
9 June 2009
Pretty Witty Nell, a one-woman play written and performed by Caroline Harding, tells the story of Nell Gwyn. She was a prostitute's daughter who became not only a popular actor but also the mistress of King Charles II. In doing so the play gives us the intrigue of the Royal Court and a sense of the society in which Nell lived - especially the place of women and the dispossessed. For good measure there are also fascinating details of the theatre of the day and an analysis of it's purpose.
Harding portrays Nell as a mixture of a pragmatist and an optimist. Despite his dying words that Nell should not be allowed to starve, King Charles never really gave her grounds to hope for any kind of support and denied her the respectability of a title. Yet although the King's approaching death will remove from her the limited patr...
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Two Friends Productions (Producer)
Chris Gascoyne (Director)
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