Nell Gwyn is a 1934 film starring Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis. She broke up the fight, saying, "I am a whore. Gwyn herself seems to agree that drama did not suit her, to judge from the lines she was later made to say in the epilogue to a Robert Howard drama: We have been all ill-us'd, by this day's poet. Her balance at Child's Bank was reported to be well over four figures, and she possessed almost 15,000 ounces of plate. Pastoral Dance III. TMDb: 6.6/10 5 votes. Set in late 17th century England, when women were first allowed to act on stage, Nell Gwynn charts the rise of an unlikely heroine, from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britain's most celebrated actress, and her hard-won place in the heart of the king. When George Harrison Marks and Pamela Green were living and working in Gerrard Street in the 1960s, they were just a stone’s throw away from the two clubs, which shared the same building and were owned by Michael Klinger. Theatre historian Elizabeth Howe goes so far as to credit the enduring success of the gay couple on the Restoration stage entirely to "the talent and popularity of a single actress, Nell Gwyn". Pepys reports the news on 13 July: "[Mr. Pierce tells us] Lord Buckhurst hath got Nell away from the King's house, lies with her, and gives her £100 a year, so she hath sent her parts to the house, and will act no more. [22] This unusual use of only her first name would imply that Nell had made herself known both on the stage and off as her celebrity status started to emerge. [49] Nell Gwyn's theatrical career spanned seven years and ended at the age of 21 (if we take 1650 to be her birth year). It makes me, I confess, admire her. [41], The love affair between the King and Gwyn allegedly began in April 1668. Three cities make the claim to be Nell Gwyn's birthplace: Hereford, London (specifically Covent Garden), and Oxford. [6][7] However, administration records show that Edmund Gwyn died unmarried. DIALOGUE: King Charles II Nell Gwynn Samuel Pepys ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE: Miles Malleson . Nell Gwyn (AKA Gwynn or Gwynne) (1650-1687) was one of the first English actresses — in other words, one of the first actors to be a woman. A letter from Wigmore to Etherege, the day after Nell's burial, reports that Nell left 'about 1,000,000 l. stirling, a great many say more, few less'. English Touring Theatre Jessica Swale Laura Pitt-Pulford Nell Gwynn Shakespeare's Globe Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford The Reviews Hub - South East 29/03/2017 2 minutes read James II, obeying his brother's deathbed wish, "Let not poor Nelly starve," eventually paid most of Gwyn's debts and gave her an annual pension of £1,500. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. There is some suggestion, from a poem dated to 1681, again of doubtful accuracy, that Nell's father died at Oxford, perhaps in prison. If they can put together other pictures as simply and with as much dramatic effect as this story of Nell Gwyn they should have no difficulty obtaining a showing for them anywhere. This may have been her last play; 1671 was almost certainly her last season. and subsequently officially created the peerage, saving his son's life. Plenty of tongue-in-cheek laughs…in this amusing new comedy-with-music. One way or another, Nell's father seems to have been out of the picture by the time of her childhood in Covent Garden, and her "dipsomaniac mother, [and] notorious sister", Rose, were left in a low situation. CHICAGO ON … [35] He was one of a handful of court wits, the "merry gang" as named by Andrew Marvell. Whether this activity rose to the level of pimping may be a matter of semantics.[17]. [57] The Oxford Dictionary of Actors therefore suggests that 'perhaps most of her wealth was in trust or not in liquid assets' which might explain why the rich girl was so poor. She was 37 years old (if she was born in 1650). They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Additionally, 'Nelle' was intended to play the small role of Paulina, a courtesan, in Killigrew's Thomaso, or The Wanderer in November 1664, but the play seems to have been cancelled. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to … [25], There is some debate over the year The Mad Couple debuted, with earlier authorities believing it to be 1667. September 20. Gwyn’s early life is surrounded by so much history that it’s not even clear … Nell gave birth to her first son, Charles, on 8 May 1670. CHICAGO TRIBUNE. A look at the award-winning comedy NELL GWYNN at Folger Theatre on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland. Buckingham had an alternative plan, which was to set the King up with Moll Davis, an actress with the rival Duke's Company. Comedy about the life and career of Nell Gwynn, comic actress and famed mistress of King Charles II. "[62], She is noted for another remark made to her coachman, who was fighting with another man who had called her a whore. Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton. It is around this time when she is first mentioned in Pepys' diary, specifically on Monday 3 April 1665, while attending a play, where the description 'pretty, witty Nell' is first recorded. Started From the Bottom? Dismiss your ladies, may it please your Majesty, and mind your business; the People of England will soon be pleased. The couple had two children. Nell Gwynn is known for her work on Monsura Is Waiting (2014), Jackie & Ryan (2014) and Red Flag (2010). Nell Gwynn. Book your Nell Gwynn tickets at London Theatre Direct! Ostracised at Court and with most of her retinue sent back to Portugal, Catherine had been left with little choice but to acquiesce to Charles's mistresses being granted semi-official standing. On stage Jan. 29 - Mar. Country Dance II. It is not out of the question that Gwyn was merely echoing the satirists of the day, if she said this at all. If her good looks, strong clear voice, and lively wit were responsible for catching the eye of Killigrew, she still had to prove herself clever enough to succeed as an actress. But so great performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before as Nell do this, both as a mad girl, then most and best of all when she comes in like a young gallant; and hath the notions and carriage of a spark the most that ever I saw any man have. Putting her head out of the coach window, "Good people", she said, smiling, "you are mistaken; I am the Protestant whore."[61]. "Od's fish!" [5] It has been suggested, based on the pedigree by Anthony Wood, that Nell was a granddaughter of Edward or Edmund Gwyn, Canon of Christ Church from 1615 to 1624. He also paid off the mortgage on Gwyn's Nottinghamshire Lodge at Bestwood, which remained in the Beauclerk family until 1940. Swale is a director turned writer, whose first play, Blue Stockings, premiered at the Globe in 2013. [2] The eight-year difference between these two possible birth years can offer different readings of what Nell achieved during her lifetime. [37] Pepys reports that by 22 August 1667, Nell had returned to the King's Playhouse in The Indian Emperour. Gugu Mbatha-Raw played Gwynn, who was the favoured mistress of Charles II and was described by Samuel Pepys as “pretty, witty Nell”. I. According to the London Encyclopedia (Macmillan, 1983) she "entertained Charles II here with little concerts and breakfasts". King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. Once Nell left the acting profession, it would be at least ten years before his company revived The Maiden Queen and even the less favoured The Indian Emperour because "the management evidently felt that it would be useless to present these plays without her."[32]. [38], Late in 1667, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham took on the role of unofficial manager for Gwyn's love affairs. Nell Gwyn, an 1884 work by Robert Planquette; Mistress Nell, a 1901 play by George Cochrane Hazelton (actor); Nell-Go-In, a burlesque, based on the 1901 Hazelton play by George V. Hobart; Sweet Nell of Old Drury, a 1911 film starring Nellie Stewart; Mistress Nell, a 1915 film, starring Mary Pickford, … Their relationship lasted perhaps two years and was reported with obscenity-laced acidity in several later satires; "For either with expense of purse or p---k, / At length the weary fool grew Nelly-sick". [9] However, her specific connection to that family, if any, is unknown. During Gwyn's first years with Charles, there was little competition in the way of other mistresses: Barbara Palmer was on her way out in most respects, certainly in terms of age and looks, while others, such as Moll Davis, kept quietly away from the spotlight of public appearances or Whitehall. Various anonymous verses are the only other sources describing her childhood occupations: bawdyhouse servant, street hawker of herring, oysters, or turnips, and cinder-girl have all been put forth. Graham Greene, then a film critic, said of Nell Gwynn: "I have seen few things more attractive than Miss Neagle in breeches". They were opposites in personality and mannerism; Louise a proud woman of noble birth used to the sophistication of Versailles, Nell a spirited and pranking ex-orange-wench. Gwyn had two sons by King Charles: Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726) and James Beauclerk (1671–1680) (the surname is pronounced boh-clair). He cabled to see if Dorothy Gish was available and she accepted. Nell Gwyn (Gwynne) by Ben Johnson “Pray good people be civil, I am the Protestant whore” was Nell Gwyn’s cheeky retort to the masses pushing around her coach in the mistaken belief that it was that of the Duchess of Portsmouth, the Catholic Louise de Keroualle. Nell Gwynn By Jessica Swale Directed by Christopher Luscombe Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark, London Sunday 4th October 2015, 1 pm CAST (as printed) The Ladies Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Nell Gwynn Anneika Rose - Rose Gwynn, her sister Sarah Woodward - Old Ma Gwynn, Nell's mother, a brothel madam Amanda Lawrence - Nancy, Nell's dresser and confidante… She had the proverbial rags to riches story: she began as an orange girl (selling oranges at the theater), became a comedic actress and a star, and eventually mistress to King Charles II. What shall I do to please the People of England? Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. An inscribed stone of 1680, saved and reinserted in the front wall of the present building, shows a carved mask which is probably a reference to her stage career. [10] The fact that "Gwyn" is a name of Welsh origin might support Hereford, as its county is on the border with Wales; The Dictionary of National Biography notes a traditional belief that she was born there in Pipe Well Lane, renamed to Gwynne Street in the 19th century. to which Nell responded, "Oh, exactly the same relation that the French Prince was to Mademoiselle de Kérouaille. [14], "Anna Neagle's Herbert Takes On A New Star", "Nell Gwyn (1926) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie", "Dorothy Gish Made £41,000 from Three British Films", https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D04E6DF173BE233A2575AC1A9619C946795D6CF, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nell_Gwyn_(1926_film)&oldid=991340036, Pages using infobox film with unknown empty parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 November 2020, at 15:23. Herbert Wilcox had filmed King Charles II's dalliance with the orange seller and actress Nell Gwyn ten years before, as a silent starring Dorothy Gish. The immorality of the period is suggested without being offensive, and for the second time this Summer a good picture has not been spoiled by prudery. So is that of Juliette Compton as Lady Castlemaine. The circumstances of the child's life in Paris and the cause of his death are both unknown, one of the few clues being that he died "of a sore leg", which Beauclerk speculates could mean anything from an accident to poison. Gwyn seemed unsatisfied with being a lessee only—in 1673 we are told in a letter of Joseph Williamson that "Madam Gwinn complains she has no house yett." The orange-girls would also serve as messengers between men in the audience and actresses backstage; they received monetary tips for this role and some of these messages would end in sexual assignations. King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things extravagant and sexy. Nell Gwyn (1934) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934, Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle. And, through her drawers the powerful charm descry'd. She was buried in the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 17 November 1687. This was no easy task in the Restoration theatre; the limited pool of audience members meant that very short runs were the norm for plays and fifty different productions might be mounted in the nine-month season lasting from September to June. [citation needed] The work exposed her to multiple aspects of theatre life and to London's higher society: this was after all "the King's playhouse", and Charles frequently attended performances. Select from premium Nell Gwyn of the highest quality. Film Books Music Art & design TV & radio Stage Classical Games More Theatre Nell Gwynn review – Gemma Arterton sparkles in chaotic comedy 4 / … Britannica Explores 100 … He aimed to provide King Charles II with someone who would supplant Barbara Palmer, his principal current mistress (and Buckingham's cousin), moving Buckingham closer to the King's ear. [58] The majority of her estate went to her son. For the Daniel Defoe character, see. Gwyn and her mother spent some of this time in Oxford, following the King and his court. Her co-star was Arthur Tracy, who had … But Nell Gwynn at the Globe – a new play by Jessica Swale – offers a rather more up-close-and-personal experience. The King and the Duke of York were at the play. The titles are unusually good and frequently amusing, that dear old gossip Pepys being resorted to for purposes of verisimilitude." Stream Gratuit King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. [1] On the other hand, an account published in The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist in 1838 states that she was born about 1642. She is also believed, by most Gwyn biographers, to have been "low-born". The information we have about Nell is collected from various sources, including the plays she starred in, satirical poetry and pictures, diaries, and letters. Evidence for any one of the three is scarce. 182–83, dismisses reported appearances in the late 1670s and early 1680s as non-credible, noting "the publicity that would have attended such a comeback is absent". This has sparked some confusion. Possibly, Nell Gwyn's father had served in the same company, and Gwyn's part—the company whore—was based on her own mother. The tale was an old dramatic chestnut, partly because it was set in London's theatreland, Covent Garden: for instance, Claude Rains's debut as a boy actor had been in 'Nell of Old Drury'. When the King protested against her calling Charles that, she replied, "Your Majesty has given me no other name by which to call him." Sent to school in Paris when he was six, he died there in 1681. EXCLUSIVE: Up for four Olivier Awards next month, including Best New Comedy, West End critical darling Nell Gwynn is headed to the big screen. She supposedly caught his eye during an April performance of All Mistaken, or The Mad Couple, especially in one scene in which, to escape a hugely fat suitor able to move only by rolling, she rolls across the stage herself, her feet toward the audience and her petticoats flying about. It was based on the 1926 novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen and follows the life of Nell Gwynne, the mistress of Charles II. The affair of Charles II and an orange-seller. Just after the death of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, on 5 January 1684, King Charles granted his son Charles, Earl of Burford, the title of Duke of St Albans, gave him an allowance of £1,000 a year, and also granted him the offices of Chief Ranger of Enfield Chase and Master of the Hawks in reversion (i.e., after the death of the current incumbents).[54]. Gugu Mbatha-Raw played the title role in the production debut. "[36] Nell Gwyn was acting once more in late August, and her brief affair with Buckhurst had ended. Another is that Nell grabbed young Charles and hung him out of a window of Lauderdale House in Highgate, where she briefly resided, and threatened to drop him unless he was granted a peerage. Nell Gwynn, Actress: Monsura Is Waiting. Though Nell Gwyn was often caricatured as an empty-headed woman, John Dryden said that her greatest attribute was her native wit, and she certainly became a hostess who was able to keep the friendship of Dryden, the playwright Aphra Behn, William Ley, 4th Earl of Marlborough (another lover), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and the king's other mistresses. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol8/pp94-97, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45135, "Diary entries from April 1665 (The Diary of Samuel Pepys)", "Carry on, your majesty: Charles II and his court ladies", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nell_Gwyn&oldid=999040377, History of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2016, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 1986, "Nell Gwyn and her oranges" are referred to in "Move Over Busker", a song from Paul McCartney's, This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 05:43. In 1663 the King's Company, led by Thomas Killigrew, opened a new playhouse, the Theatre in Bridges/Brydges Street, which was later rebuilt and renamed the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. ", "If it please your Majesty," she replied, "there is but one way left, which expedient I am afraid it will be difficult to persuade you to embrace. Performed by the Pro Arte Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. Nell Gwyn grew up the streets and she wasn’t one to suffer fools. The couple had two children. Nell Gwyn was assigned arms similar to those of the Gwynnes of Llansannor. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland. ‘Pretty, witty Nell’ was perhaps the best known and remembered mistress of King Charles II. [18] She was reputed to have been illiterate. [11] She experimented with cross-dressing between 1663 and 1667 going under the name "William Nell" and adopting a false beard; her observations informed a most successful and hilarious character interpretation acting as a man on the stage in March 1667. N/A. Ch. The obscurity surrounding Nell's date of birth parallels numerous other obscurities that run through the course of her entire life. Based on the Olivier-winning play by Jessica Swale, who is also adapting, the story follows the life of Nell Gwynn, mistress of Charles II, and her part in the theatre of the 17th century. "[60] Her will and codicil were proved on 7 December 1687. On 26 August, Pepys learns from Moll Davis that, 'Nell is already left by my Lord Buckhurst, and that he makes sport of her, and swears she hath had all she could get of him; and Hart, her great admirer, now hates her; and that she is very poor, and hath lost my Lady Castlemayne, who was her great friend also but she is come to the House, but is neglected by them all'. The story moves quickly and surely, with nothing to strain one's credulity, and the acting of Miss Gish and Randie Ayrton, who takes the part of Charles, is excellent. Madam Gwyn is sometimes said to have had the maiden surname Smith. Film; Box Office; Leadership and Development; Alumni. On 21 December 1676, a warrant was passed for "a grant to Charles Beauclerc, the King's natural son, and to the heirs male of his body, of the dignities of Baron of Heddington, co. Oxford, and Earl of Burford in the same county, with remainder to his brother, James Beauclerc, and the heirs male of his body. It is possible that she herself was a child prostitute; Peter Thomson, in the Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, says it is "probable". In May 1665, she appeared opposite Hart in James Howard's comedy All Mistaken, or the Mad Couple. [1] Wilcox says it was made for £14,000 and he sold it for £20,000. She had the proverbial rags to riches story: she began as an orange girl (selling oranges at the theater), became a comedic actress and a star, and eventually mistress to King Charles II. Around 1662, Nell is said to have taken a lover by the name of "Duncan" or "Dungan". https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/2164/Nell-Gwynn-tickets.aspx It is 1660. Her return was in Dryden's The Conquest of Granada, a two-part epic produced in December 1670 and January 1671. Mary Meggs, a former prostitute nicknamed "Orange Moll" and a friend of Madam Gwyn's, had been granted the licence to "vend, utter and sell oranges, lemons, fruit, sweetmeats and all manner of fruiterers and confectioners wares," within the theatre. She and Gwyn would prove rivals for many years to come. Nell Gwyn Titre original: Nell Gwyn ( Film ) Nell Gwyn 01 August 1934. Nell Gwynn is a play by the British playwright Jessica Swale, begun in 2013 and premiering at Shakespeare's Globe from 19 September to 17 October 2015. The Edward German music used in the film is known as "The Nell Gwyn Suite", an early 20th-century "light classical" favourite. [3] Nell's mother is said to have drowned when she fell into the water at her house near Chelsea. "[63], In 1937, a new ten-storey block of 437 flats in Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, was given the name Nell Gwynn House, and in a high alcove above the main entrance is a statue of Gwyn, with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel at her feet. Nell Gwyn (AKA Gwynn or Gwynne) (1650-1687) was one of the first English actresses — in other words, one of the first actors to be a woman. Her noble descendant Beauclerk pieces together circumstantial evidence to favour an Oxford birth. He saw her roll the stage from side to side But first there’s Nell Gwynn, a play written by her friend Jessica Swale. Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was a prolific celebrity figure of the Restoration period. King Charles died on 6 February 1685. It was a great success: King Charles "graced it with the Title of His Play"[29] and Pepys' praise was effusive: ... to the King's house to see 'The Maiden Queen', a new play of Dryden's, mightily commended for the regularity of it, and the strain and wit; and the truth is, there is a comical part done by Nell, which is Florimell, that I never can hope ever to see the like done again, by man or woman. Nell Gwynn By Jessica Swale Directed by Christopher Luscombe Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark, London Sunday 4th October 2015, 1 pm CAST (as printed) The Ladies Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Nell Gwynn Anneika Rose - Rose Gwynn, her sister Sarah Woodward - Old Ma Gwynn, Nell's mother, a brothel madam Amanda Lawrence - Nancy, Nell's dresser and confidante… [52] Her family's history has been published in the authoritative book: The House of Nell Gwyn (1974). Nell Gwyn (1650–1687) was a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England.. Nell Gwyn may also refer to: . DUCT’s Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale has proved an interesting and fun choice, perfect for the festive season; it is a breezy and jolly production which … 1934 1934-08-01 . Nell's will also conveys her charitable side with her leaving £100 to be distributed to the poor of the parish of St Martins-in-the-field and Westminster and £50 to release debtors from prison every Christmas[59]. [51] The property was owned by the crown and its current resident was instructed to transfer the lease to Gwyn. In either case, the available evidence indicates that Nell was not a member of their family.[8]. Basset was the popular game at the time, and Gwyn was a frequent—and high-stakes—gambler.[48]. She continued to act at the King's House, her new notoriety drawing larger crowds and encouraging the playwrights to craft more roles specifically for her. by Jessica Swale directed by Christopher Luscombe. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. 118 likes. TMDb: 6.6/10 5 votes. June 1668 found her in Dryden's An Evening's Love, or The Mock Astrologer, and in July she played in Lacy's The Old Troop, a farce about a company of Cavalier soldiers during the English Civil War, based on Lacy's own experiences. Nell'. The Catholic whore was still the Frenchwoman Louise de Kérouaille, who had been created Duchess of Portsmouth in 1673. A rare mention of her upbringing from the source herself might be seen to contradict the idea: A 1667 entry in Samuel Pepys' diary records, second-hand, that, Here Mrs. Pierce tells me [...] that Nelly and Beck Marshall, falling out the other day, the latter called the other my Lord Buckhurst's whore. Charles was created Earl of Burford and later Duke of St. Albans. Emma Mackey has landed her first major lead role in a feature film as We are hearing she is attached to star in Working Title's Nell Gwynn. Much like the dispute over her date of birth, it is unclear when Gwyn began to perform professionally on the Restoration stage. To save money he edited the fim himself[8], One report says the film was made for £20,000 and Wilcox sold it outright for £35,000. She was buried on 30 July 1679, in her 56th year, at St Martin in the Fields. Her descendant and biographer Charles Beauclerk calls this conjecture, based solely on what is known of her later life. [34], Beauclerk describes Buckhurst: "Cultured, witty, satirical, dissolute, and utterly charming". Alternate Versions. Nell Gwyn Titre original: Nell Gwyn ( Film ) Nell Gwyn 01 August 1934. This appears to be derived from a fragmentary pedigree by Anthony Wood that shows signs of confusion between different Gwyn families and it has not been firmly established. St Martin-in-the-Fields Burial inside churches had become fashionable in the mid-17th century. [30], After seeing the play for the third time, Pepys writes, "It is impossible to have Florimel’s part, which is the most comical that ever was made for woman, ever done better than it is by Nelly. One of Charles' early acts as king was to license the formation of two acting companies and to legalise acting as a profession for women. Beauclerk, p. 307, gives a slightly different quote. “Pray good people be civil, I am the Protestant whore” was Nell Gwyn’s cheeky retort to the masses pushing around her coach in the mistaken belief that it was that of the Duchess of Portsmouth, the Catholic Louise de Keroualle. Nell Gwynn died from apoplexy (possibly due to a strain of syphilis) on 14 November 1687. 1934 1934-08-01 . Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934, Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle. [5], Wilcox said he got the idea to make the film after making The Only Way. She is especially remembered for one particularly apt witticism, which was recounted in the memoirs of the Comte de Gramont, remembering the events of 1681: Nell Gwynn was one day passing through the streets of Oxford, in her coach, when the mob mistaking her for her rival, the Duchess of Portsmouth, commenced hooting and loading her with every opprobrious epithet.
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