Written by a direct descendant of the union between Nell
Gwyn and King Charles II, Nell Gwyn tells the story of one
of England's great folk heroines. Born during a tumultuous
period in England's past, Nell Gwyn was spotted selling
oranges in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Nell's wit and
charm brought her to the attention of numerous suitors,
including one of the theater's leading actors, Charles
Hart. Under his patronage Nell took to the stage where she
became one of London's first professional female actresses,
and the finest comedienne in London. She then caught the
eye of the pleasure-seeking "merry monarch" King Charles
II, and their seventeen-year love affair played out against
the backdrop of the Great Fire of London, the Great Plague,
court scandals, and the constant threat of political
revolution. Magnificently re-creating the heady,
licentious, yet politically charged atmosphere of
Restoration England, Nell Gwyn tells the true-life
Cinderella story of a common orange girl who became
England's first "people's princess."
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