As a subject for drama, theatre history is always popular in the West End. Between Mr Foote's Other Leg, which has recently closed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and Mrs Henderson Presents, which opens soon at the Noël Coward Theatre, comes Nell Gwynn, a West End transfer of the popular show from Shakespeare's Globe, with rising star Gemma Arterton as the eponymous heroine. But is this rowdy Restoration romp dese…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:17PM on February 12, 2016