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Mary "Moll" Davis (c. 1648 – 1708), also spelt Davies or Davys, was a courtesan and mistress of King Charles II of England. She was an actress and entertainer before and during her role as royal mistress.
8 de abr. de 2018 · Entre aquellas pioneras del teatro británico se encuentran Margaret Hughes, Ann Marshall y su hermana Rebeca, Nell Gwyn o Moll Davis . Hubo alguna excepción. En 1626, una compañía francesa...
Moll Davis — The Wrong Side of the Blanket. little Mis. Davis did dance a jig after the end of the play… in boy’s ‘clothes; and, the truth is, there is no comparison between Nell’s dancing the other day at the King’s house in boy’s clothes and this, this being infinitely beyond the other. Read about Lady Mary Tudor. Back to The ...
Lady Mary Tudor, Countess of Derwentwater. Mary was born on 16 October 1673, to Moll Davis and Charles II, and was the last of the king’s children.
26 de abr. de 2022 · About Moll Davis. Wikipedia. Mary "Moll" Davis (ca. 1648 – 1708) was a seventeenth-century entertainer and courtesan, singer and actress who became one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England. Early life, theatre career.
Notorious Strumpets On The English Restoration Stage. Mary “Moll” Davis and Nell Gwyn, as painted in separate portraits by Sir Peter Lely. “Women-actors [are] all notorious impudent, prostituted Strumpets” — William Prynne, Histrio-Mastix 1633. These infamous words from Prynne’s lengthy critique of theatricality exemplify the ...
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.
