Excerpt from The Story of Nell Gwyn: And the Sayings of Charles the Second Related Collected Introduction - Birth and birthplace - Horoscope of her nativity Condition in life of her father - Her account of her early days - Becomes an orange-girl at the theatre - Effects of the Restoration - Revival of the stage - Two theatres allowed Scenery and dresses - Principal actors and actresses - Duties and importance of the orange-girls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.