FROM THE BARN THEATRE ARCHIVE

Nell Gwynn

By Jessica Swale
Directed by Laura Eddy
Musical Director Daniel Ephgrave
Co-Director Chris Gill
20th – 28th April 2018

She knew how to give the audience a good time

Michal Billington described this play as ‘a love letter to the theatre and the cheerful chaos of putting on a play’. The central character is Nell, orange-seller to celebrated actress, who negotiated a good sum for herself to become the mistress of King Charles II. Nell Gwynn is a backstage tour from the heaven of Restoration London, with a mixture of bawdy humour, erotic delights and energetically sensual song and dance.

Tickets

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CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

Directed by
Laura Eddy
Musical Director
Daniel Ephgrave
Co-Director
Chris Gill

CAST

Nell Gwyn
Rose Gwyn
Lady Castlemaine
Louise de Keroualle
Queen Catherine
Old Ma Gwynn
King Charles II
Charles Hart
Thomas Killigrew
Edward Kynaston
John Dryden
Lord Arlington
Ned Spiggett

CREATIVE TEAM

Set Design
Assistant Production Manager
Production Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Lighting Design
Lighting Operator
Sound Design
Sound Operator
Production Photography
Vocal Coach
Poster Design

BAND

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Opening 19th February
By Kim Southey & Lindsay Price

 

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Charity Preview Night
6th February at 8.00pm

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7th – 15th February at 8.00pm
Matinee on 15th at 2.00pm