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Moll Davis. Moll Davis, Sir Peter Lelyn maalaus, noin vuodelta 1665. Moll Davis, alkuperäiseltä nimeltään Mary Davis tai Mary Davys (noin 1648 tai 1651 - 1708) oli englantilainen näyttelijä, laulaja, kurtisaani ja kuningas Kaarle II :n rakastajatar. Davisin elämästä tiedetään lähinnä Samuel Pepysin päiväkirjojen ansiosta.
Moll Davis apparently began her stage career in 1660. John Downes, prompter at Lincoln’s Inn Fields from the 1660s and author of Roscius Anglicanus, or an Historical Review of the Stage published in 1708, named her as one of Sir William Davenant’s four ‘Principal Actresses’ whom ‘he boarded at his own House’ when he formed his company.
7 de ene. de 2023 · “The name of Davis, please your lordship. Mrs. Moll Davis she called herself.” Chesterfield’s brow went up; he whistled. Of course, now, he remembered, this must be Kate’s young country friend of whom he had been advised, and her manners, no doubt, were to be accounted to mere rustic gaucherie.
The actress Mary ‘Moll’ Davis came to the king’s attention in 1667 when she performed for the court at Tunbridge Wells. Moll was renowned for her musical talents and is here shown playing the guitar.
Moll Davis, poltredet gant Peter Lely, war-dro 1665-1670. Mary "Moll" Davis (war-dro 1648 - 1708) a oa un aktorez saoz eus ar XVII vet kantved, hag unan eus serc'hed niverus ar roue saoz Charlez II. E 1686 e timezas d'ur soner gall, James Paisible (war-dro 1656-1721), hag a oa e lez ar roue James II.
3 de may. de 2024 · Moll Davis, the leading coquette of the Duke's company, could not match Nell Gwynn in comedic skills; where Nell was spontaneous and witty, Moll was simply coarse. But she was the better dancer of the two. The second-rate poet Richard Flecknoe, who disapproved of theatre-folk for their loose morals, nevertheless gave Moll credit for her talent:
25 de feb. de 2021 · According to legend, she smoothed her path by getting her friend the writer (and alleged spy) Aphra Behn to deal with an actress named Moll Davis who was currently sleeping with him. Aphra allegedly dosed Moll with laxatives on a night she was due to visit the king, leading to an unfortunate incident that ended their relationship.
