Nell Gwynn

Richard Jarvie Wig & Makeup Design "Nell Gwynn" Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Nicol Cortese as Nell Gwynn in the play of the same name

This year alone, the Gravesendborn star has clocked up starring roles in A Hundred Streets, wartime romantic comedy Their Finest, French drama Orpheline, sprawling saga The History Of Love, as well as theatre stints in the West End's rip-roaring play Nell Gwynn and musical Made In Dagenham.

This year alone, the Gravesend-born star has clocked up starring roles in A Hundred Streets, wartime romantic comedy Their Finest, French drama Orpheline, sprawling saga The History Of Love, as well as theatre stints in the West End's rip-roaring play Nell Gwynn and musical Made In Dagenham.

Now 67, she is currently starring alongside Gemma Arterton in the West End production of Nell Gwynn.

He's joined by our home-grown star Gemma Arterton, who is playing Nell Gwynn, the mistress of Charles II, in her latest play, also in the West End.

25 years ago STAFF at the gas board showroom in Stockton decided to dress up in Nell Gwynn costumes to get into the spirit of the town's Market Fair.

TODAY CANDLEMAS DAY - CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL 1650: Nell Gwynn, orange seller who became both a star comedy actress and mistress of Charles II while still a teenager, was born in London.

Nor what Charles II got up to with fruity orangeseller Nell Gwynn.

1650: Nell Gwynn, orange seller who became a comedy actress and then mistress of Charles II, was born in London.

'Mrs Gwin' (Nell Gwynn) received a yearly allowance of 100 [pounds sterling] starting from April 1668.

Burke, Nell Gwynn, Gael Schaefer, Lanie MacEwan, Brian N.

Witty, bawdy and brimming with backstage intrigue, Compleat Female Stage Beauty has a cast of characters that comes straight out of the theatre-history books: Kynaston; Margaret Hughes, arguably the first English actress; Nell Gwynn, a great early comedienne (and mistress of Charles II); playwrights George Villiars (the Duke of Buckingham, possibly Kynaston's lover) and Sir Charles Sedley; as well as Betterton and King Charles II.

(Nell Gwynn, one of the most glamorous actresses of the era, became one of King Charles II's mistresses.) Other innovations such as elaborate painted scenery and gorgeous costumes appealed to the upperclass audiences.