NELL GWYNN
directed by Max Walker.
CHARACTERS
THE LADIES
Nell Gwynn (19 - 36) - our heroine.
Rose Gwynn (unknown, ?20’s) - Nell’s sister.
Nancy (unknown, ?Mid-20’s) - Nell’s dresser and confidante.
Lady Castlemaine (29 - 46) - Charles’s most ambitious mistress.
Louise de Keroualle (20 - 37) - Charles’s French mistress.
Queen Catherine (31 - 48) - Charles’s Portuguese wife.
Old Ma Gwynn (unknown, ?Nell + 25) - Nell’s mother, a brothel madam.
THE GENTS
King Charles II (39 - 55) - the King, obviously.
Charles Hart (44 - 61) - leading actor in the King’s Company.
Thomas Killigrew (56 - 73) - actor-manager of the King’s Company.
Edward Kynaston (29 - 46) - actor in the King’s Company, plays the women’s parts.
John Dryden (38 - 55) - playwright.
Lord Arlington (51 - 68) - Charles II’s adviser.
Ned Spiggett (up to mid-20’s) - actor in training in the King’s Company.
There can be some doubling and there are some smaller parts / ensemble who will take part in the singing.
MAYFEST 2024
Robin Hood Scott Fenney
Poor Knight Charlie Grumbley
Abbot Lee Morris
Little John / Maid Marian Rachel Hall
Prior/Merry Man Lee Bowles
All parts may also be narrators at one point or another. The piece is around 20 minutes long, the style knockabout (imagine a troupe of fairly rough-and-ready wandering players), and ideally it would be off-book. However, the narration would be read from a book, which would be on stage and could also serve as a prompt.
All to happen on Monday 6th May 2024, at Richmond Castle. Open air, with a wet weather alternative as required, a couple of performances during the day at 11:30 and 14:30 as part of a fairly packed programme!
Gill Page 07931 357618
Richmond MayFest