Nell Gwyn
You're Dead to Me
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Selling Oranges in the Aegean
England was quite behind other european countries in letting women perform on the public stage. The big change happened in 16 60 and we don't know the name of the first english actress. She actually played tomoga in a production of othello - beginning the trend, of course, of killing off the female lead. And how does nel gwynn go from selling oranges in the aisle to getting on to centre stage? I mean, is it drama school? Is it open casting? Is it restoration? Briton's got talent,. sir thomas killigrew was one of two people who was granted the right to mount productions after the restoration. He found the king's company
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