The libertine / Stephen Jeffreys.
By: Jeffreys, Stephen [author.].
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: [New edition].Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceSubject(s): Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 -- Drama | Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688 -- DramaGenre/Form: Drama.Online resources: View this item online Summary: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, is a libertine. Poet. Friend and confidant of Charles II. Notorious rake. An anti-monarchist royalist, an atheist converted to Christianity. But 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.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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This edition previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2016.
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, is a libertine. Poet. Friend and confidant of Charles II. Notorious rake. An anti-monarchist royalist, an atheist converted to Christianity. But 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.
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