Restoration theatre has the reputation of being a rake's paradise " all those randy young aristos in hot pursuit of buxom wenches. But even in the depths of 17th-century playwriting, there was room for repentance and regret among the discarded petticoats and ripped bodices. So it is with Stephen Jeffreys's The Libertine, his now sharply rewritten 1994 play that was also made into a film starring Johnny Depp.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:55PM on September 27, 2016