Playhouse Creatures

Release Date: 2025-04-15

Overview: It’s the swinging (16)60s, and ‘the merry monarch’ Charles II is on the throne. After violent civil war, England’s theatres have finally reopened and, for the first time, women are allowed to perform in public. In the West End, grande dame Mrs Betterton (Anna Chancellor) rules the roost. But there’s a new face in town: an orange-seller with dreams of stardom. From dressing-room camaraderie to bitter rivalry, April De Angelis’ gloriously exuberant, bawdily funny and deeply poignant play celebrates five women grabbing this newfound freedom and making their way in an unfamiliar world. But at what price?

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Zoe Brough

as Nell Gwyn

Anna Chancellor

as Mrs Betterton

Doña Croll

as Doll Common

Katherine Kingsley

as Mrs Marshall

Nicole Sawyerr

as Mrs Farley