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...Wives of Charles II." In this series of historical mores she is able to show the character of the Merry Monarch entirely through the personalities of the men in his life. In succession, Miss Skinner played Charles' mother, a Dutch tavern girl, Lady Chartlemaine, Louise de Queroalle, Nell Gwyn, and Katherine of Braganza. As Nell, the London orange girl who became Drary Lane's leading lady, and then in Nell's own words, "danced her way into the royal bed," she displayed much of the good-natured, earthy charm that must have fascinated Charles. The intensity of the next...
...Nell Smelser: secretary treasurer World Federalists, Whitaker scholar...
January 7. "I am the wretchedest of the wretched . . . Nobody will miss [Little Nell] like I shall ... Old wounds bleed afresh when I only think of the way of [killing her]; what the actual doing it will be, God knows...
Dickens' friends always shared his grief at such moments, adding their salt pints to his sea of tears. Crusty Thomas Carlyle and Irish Rebel Daniel O'Connell both tottered about, racked with sobs, when Little Nell's knell tolled. Humorless...
November. "You can't imagine how exhausted I am ... All night I have been pursued by [Little Nell] . . . The anguish is unspeakable...