{"product_id":"9781780014647","title":"The Libertine (NHB Modern Plays): 2016 edition","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.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \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  \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  \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":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131155562736,"sku":"9781780014647","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780014647_p0.jpg?v=1763712881","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780014647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}