Mistress Nell

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Mistress Nell (1900), a play by George C. Hazelton. [Bijou Theatre, 104 perf.] Nell Gwynne ( Henrietta Crossman) is an orange‐vendor‐turned‐actress who has become the mistress of Charles II ( Aubrey Boucicault). The Duke of Buckingham ( Geoffrey Stein), the king's rival for Nell's favors, and the Duchess of Portsmouth ( Adelaide Fitz Allan), Nell's rival for the King's attentions, conspire to destroy her at the same time they attempt to put England under French dominion. Nell disguises herself as a man and manages to foil their treachery. The costume melodrama was one of the many romantic swashbucklers so tremendously popular at the turn of the century. Born in Boscobel, Wisconsin, George C[ochrane] HAZELTON (1868?–1921) was an actor and playwright, perhaps best remembered for his collaboration on The Yellow Jacket (1912).

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