{"product_id":"the-libertine","title":"Libertine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I am up for it. All the time. That’s not a boast. Or an opinion. It is bone-hard medical fact.’\u2028\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Charismatic poet, playwright and rake with a legendary appetite for excess. Yet when a chance encounter with an actress at the Playhouse sends him reeling, he is forced to reconsider everything he thinks and feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith all the wit, flair and bawdiness of a Restoration comedy, Stephen Jeffreys’ brilliant play is an incisive critique of life in an age of excess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1994, \u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e has been staged around the world, was adapted for radio, and became a film. This edition of the play was published alongside the 2016 production at the Theatre Royal Bath and Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Terry Johnson and starring Dominic Cooper as Wilmot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54021603950936,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781848425750.jpg?v=1777842925","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-libertine","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}