Tag Archives: Stephen Jeffreys

Dominic Cooper is cast as the most notorious rake in the Restoration era

Robert Tanitch reviews The Libertine at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London SW1 The Libertine in Stephen Jeffreys’ play is John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), a notorious rake, the quintessence o ...

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The RSC stage Ben Jonson’s always topical satire on avarice and lust

Robert Tanitch reviews the RSC’s The Alchemist at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 Con-men and their stings have always been good for box-office on stage and film. Ben Jonson’s Alchemist, always topical s ...

Mark 4829 views 0 likes Sep 15, 2016