The Libertine: Definitive Edition - Couverture souple

Jeffreys, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184842387X ISBN 13 : 9781848423879

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2014

Synopsis

A historical romp with real bite, Stephen Jeffreys's The Libertine has received several major stage productions and was filmed with Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, is the Libertine. Poet. Friend and confidant of Charles II. Notorious rake. An anti-monarchist Royalist, an atheist converted to Christianity, his contradictory morals are never more tested than when he falls in love with the actress Elizabeth Barry. Thoroughly modern in its attitude to Rochester's sexual indulgence, with all the wit, flair and bawdiness of a Restoration comedy, the play is an incisive critique of an age of excess. Originally performed on stage at the Royal Court Theatre in 1994 as part of Out of Joint's UK tour, The Libertine was given its American premiere by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, was adapted for radio, and became a film starring Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. This definitive edition of the play was published alongside the production at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in 2014. Included in this edition is Mickey Gallagher's music for the original Out of Joint tour.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Ladies, an announcement: I am up for it, all the time". You may not like the Second Earl of Rochester. But you will not be able to take your eyes off him.

London in the 1670s - Charles II is on the throne, Nell Gwynn is in his bed, and the theatre and sexual promiscuity are flourishing.

The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys is the true story of John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester - a hedonistic poet, playwright and rake whose appetite for women and wine has made him a notorious figure. He is a man who does not feel alive unless he exceeds every limit. He's not easy to like, much less to love. Yet this most charismatic of sinners is forced to reconsider everything he thinks and feels when a chance encounter at the Playhouse sends him reeling.

With all the wit, flair and bawdiness of a Restoration Comedy, this brilliant play is both historical romp and incisive critique of an age of excess

The Libertine was famously made into a film starring Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. This new edition is published alongside the play's Scottish premiere at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 184842387X
• ISBN 13: 9781848423879
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128