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Sweet Nell of Old Drury (US: Nell Gwynne) is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford starring Nellie Stewart about the relationship between Nell Gwynne and King Charles II. It is based on the 1900 play of the same name by Paul Kester which Stewart had performed numerous times on stage. [8] It is considered a lost film.
The Nell Gwynne Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 1–2 Bull Inn Court, Covent Garden, London, WC2. [1] It is an early 19th-century refronting or rebuild of ...
Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. 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 longtime mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685).
Nellie Stewart in costume for Rainbow Revels. Stewart was born in Woolloomooloo, Sydney on 20 November 1858. [2] Her father, Richard Stewart, was an actor and singer [3] who, in 1857, married the actress "Mrs. Guerin", née Theodosia Yates, a great-granddaughter of the actors Richard Yates and Mary Ann Yates. [4]
His death occurred at his pub, the "Old Drury" on Brydges-street, in the upper class area of Covent Garden, central London. The bar at which he died still stands today as the Nell of Old Drury, and is situated directly opposite the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Catherine Street. Several reliable accounts state that Sam left a widow but no ...
The public houses in the street are Nell of Old Drury and the Opera Tavern, and there are a number of restaurants and bars. The Opera Tavern was built (with No 21) in 1879 to a design by the architect George Treacher .
In 2019, Karina Drury was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS Woman Who Has Fainted More Than 1,000 Times Says You Don't Have to Worry When She Passes Out in Public ...
Nell of Old Drury, which is the public house where the doctor and solicitor had their frank, plot-assisting discussion on sex killers, is still a thriving bar. The lanes where merchants and workers once carried their produce, as seen in the film, are now occupied by tourists and street performers.