Saddleworth Players second play of 25/26 season is Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale - "Fun, Funny and Joyous, with a cast of 20, a band , merry dances and naughty songs"
London, 1660. King Charles II has ascended to the English throne and restores theatre and performance following the Puritanical reign of Oliver Cromwell. He lives a hedonistic lifestyle, with a love of all things flamboyant, extravagant and sexy.
At the playhouse in Drury Lane, orange-hawker, Nell Gwynn, is making waves of her own.
When she takes to the stage as one of the first female actors, she causes bawdy havoc in a male-dominated world, and soon comes to the attention of the King. Rising from her roots in the slums, she becomes the nation’s most celebrated actress and, infamously, the favourite mistress of the King.
However, her meteoric rise to fame comes with its own dangers. With her family and her friends at risk, Nell must decide where her future lies….on the stage or at the Palace.
Jessica Swale’s play about the orange-seller turned actor cannily mixes Carry On gags with an explicitly feminist message
Lots of Music, comedy bawdy laughs and great costumes / set
Fun, Funny and Joyous- A cast of 20 and a band, naughty songs and merry dances
18-25th November 2025
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