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The Libertine
Theatre Royal Haymarket
London SW1
2/5
IN THIS production by Terry Johnson of Stephen Jeffrey’s play, Dominic Cooper takes on the role of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, in an historical drama which provides glimpses of his debauched life.
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