Nell Gwynn

Nell Gwynn
by Jessica Swale

Directed by Cate Nunn

Dates: Tuesday 21st - Saturday 25th March at 7.30 pm (8pm on Friday, 2.30 pm matinee on Saturday)

Location: Oxford Playhouse

Tickets: £10, £15.50, £19.50, £22.50

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It’s Charles II’s London – and after years of Puritan gloom, the King wants life to be exuberant, sexy and fun. He’s reopened the theatres – and for the first time ever, they’re letting women on the stage...

In Drury Lane, spirited and charming Nell Gwynn is selling oranges. Rising from the backstreets of London to become a star of the burgeoning West End, she wins the adoration of the public – and the heart of the King.

A funny and heart-warming tale of a woman who triumphed against all the odds, set in the riotous and vibrant world of Restoration England, Nell Gwynn is a joyful story of love, friendship, theatre and family.

Cast

NELL GWYNN Layla Katib
ROSE GWYNN  Cate Welmers
MA GWYNN  Anushka Rao FitzHerbert
NANCY Helen Taylor
LOUISE DE KEROUALLE  Matilda Morrissey
BARBARA CASTLEMAINE  Clare Denton
QUEEN CATHERINE  Kate Morris
               
CHARLES HART  Edward Smith
KING CHARLES II  Alistair Nunn
KILLIGREW  Paul Clifford
KYNASTON  Ian Nutt
DRYDEN  Charlie Stewart
NED  Jordan Bisché
ARLINGTON Matt Blurton
WILLIAM Josh Wedge