Edward J. Nell | Nell Gwyn | Stephen Gwynn | Nell (film) | Nell | Aubrey Gwynn | Reggio nell'Emilia | Nell McCafferty | Nell Leyshon | Nell Feeney | Nell Campbell | Nell Brinkley | Little Nell | L'ajo nell'imbarazzo | James G. Nell | W. S. Gwynn Williams | The True Story of Eskimo Nell | Peter Gwynn-Jones | Nell Scott | Nell Minow | Nell Gwyn (1926 film) | Martha Nell Smith | James O'Gwynn | Edward Gwynn | Buco Nell'Acqua |
A discussion play, the issues of nature, power and leadership are debated between King Charles II ('Mr Rowley'), Isaac Newton, George Fox and the artist Godfrey Kneller, with interventions by three of the king's mistresses (Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland; Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth; and Nell Gwynn) and his queen, Catherine of Braganza.
German was by then in high demand to write music for plays, and his commissions included Henry Arthur Jones's The Tempter in 1893, Johnston Forbes-Robertson's Romeo and Juliet at the Lyceum in 1895, Herbert Beerbohm Tree's productions of As You Like It (1896) and Much Ado about Nothing (1898), and Anthony Hope's English Nell (later known as Nell Gwynn) in 1900, starring Marie Tempest.