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PRETTY, WITTY NELL

solo performance · Rogue Shakespeare® · Ages 17+ · 55 mins · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

one person show world premiere
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Review by CATHERINE CURTIS

June 24, 2019 certified reviewer
tagged as: solo · drama · comedy

What I liked

The simple use of props and lack of any set design provided an intimacy to the show but a tad more would have helped evoke the extravagance of the Restoration period.

What I didn't like

More dynamism would have helped fill out the enormous stage and given a bit of an arc to Gwyn’s rise from poverty and obscurity to the king’s bedchamber.

My overall impression

Fun re-telling of Nell Gwyn’s life story in the context of changing historical times. Well written in iambic pentameter.

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