She was miscast as Cydaria, the daughter of Montezuma, so John Dryden tried her next in a comic role.
She was miscast as Cydaria, the daughter of Montezuma, so John Dryden tried her next in a comic role. Her appearance as Florimel in Secret Love earned the admiration of the Earl of Dorset, who invited her to court. A crowd attending the Parliament at Oxford mistook her for her rival, Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, and surrounded her carriage. She emerged to reassure the mob with the words "Be civil, good people. I am the Protestant whore!" With good reason Pepys described her as both pretty and witty. FTP, name this one-time orange-seller at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, the most famous mistress of Charles II.
She was miscast as Cydaria, the daughter of Montezuma, so John Dryden tried her next in a comic role.
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