Nell Gwynn review " this is what a restoration-era feminist looks like
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonGugu Mbatha-Raw's joyful performance is at the centre of this rowdy comedy, which celebrates the artifice of theatre and makes some neat political jabsThe first time we see Nell Gwynn, she's one of us. In the Globe's rowdy retelling of Nell's rags-to-riches life, the famous restoration actress starts among the groundlings as just another admiring " if mouthy " spectator. Soon, though, she's…