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Nell Gwyn (o Gwynn o Gwynne ), nacida Eleanor, (2 de febrero de 1650-14 de noviembre de 1687), fue una de las primeras actrices inglesas que obtuvo reconocimiento público, y fue amante durante muchos años del rey Carlos II. Samuel Pepys la llamó pretty, witty Nell («bella e ingeniosa Nell»). Personificó el espíritu de la Restauración ...
1 de jan. de 2005 · 574 ratings39 reviews. 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, a woman who rose from an impoverished, abusive childhood to become King Charles II’s most cherished mistress, and the star of one of the great love stories of royal history.
17 de mar. de 2017 · Eleanor 'Nell' Gwynn (or Gwyn or Gwynne) is a London heroine with a rags-to-riches story to rival both Cinderella and Eliza Doolittle. The embodiment of the bawdy Restoration era, the orange ...
16. Nell Gwyn was taught her craft of performing at a school for young actors developed by Killigrew and one of the fine male actors of the time, Charles Hart, and learned dancing from another, John Lacy; both were rumoured by satirists of the time to be her lovers, but if she had such a relationship with Lacy, it was kept much more discreet than her well-known affair with Hart.
Nell Gwyn. Eleanor Gwyn, més coneguda com a Nell Gwyn ( Londres, Regne Unit, 2 de febrer de 1650 - Londres, 14 de novembre de 1687) fou una actriu anglesa, l'actriu més famosa de la Restauració anglesa amb un prodigiós talent còmic. Fou també coneguda per ser amant de Carles II d'Anglaterra i d'Escòcia. [1]
14 de mar. de 2019 · Royal Mistresses: Nell Gwyn. “Let not poor Nellie starve”. This is reported to be one of the last requests that King Charles II made to his brother James shortly before his death. Charles had had multiple mistresses during his life, and Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn was just one of several long-term favourites. But unlike her contemporaries, who ...
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be...
