Dominic Cooper Leads THE LIBERTINE, Beginning Tonight at Bath Theatre Royal

Dominic Cooper returns to the stage this year to play debauched 17th Century rake the Earl of Rochester in The Libertine. This sexually charged masterpiece by award-winning playwright Stephen Jeffreys will play a limited run as part of the 2016 summer season at Bath Theatre Royal from tonight 31 August to 17 September prior to the West End's Theatre Royal Haymarket from 22 September to 3 December with opening night for press on 27 September.

Full casting has yet to be announced for The Libertine which will be directed by the Olivier and Tony Award-winning Terry Johnson.

John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester is a charismatic poet, playwright and rake with a legendary appetite for excess. Yet this most ardent of hedonists is forced to reconsider everything he thinks and feels when a chance encounter with an actress at The Playhouse sends him reeling. With flair and wit, this wild romp through 1670s London offers an incisive critique of life in an age of excess.

Dominic Cooper has notable stage credits, particularly at the National Theatre including The History Boys, Mother Clap's Molly House and more recently in Phedre alongside Helen Mirren. Cooper's numerous film credits include The History Boys, The Duchess, My Week with Marilyn, Mamma Mia, Captain America: The First Avenger and he is soon to star in Preacher.

Stephen Jeffreys is the author of A Going Concern, The Clink and Valued Friends, which won him the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award.

Terry Johnson is a dramatist and director who has won numerous theatre awards including two Oliviers as a playwright for Best Comedy and a Tony for Best Director of a Musical for La Cage Aux Folles. Other directing credits includeThe Graduate, Entertaining Mr Sloane and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

The Libertine was first performed on tour and at the Royal Court Theatre alongside the Restoration comedy, The Man of Mode, which presented another, contemporary view of Rochester. It later transferred to Chicago's Steppenwolf starring John Malkovich and directed by Terry Johnson before Johnny Depp took the title role in the 2004 film adaptation.

The Libertine is produced by TRH Productions, Lee Dean and Theatre Royal Bath Productions with Ilene Starger as Executive Producer.

Website: www.TheLibertineOnStage.com
Twitter: @TheLibertineLDN
Facebook: Facebook.com/TheLibertineLDN
Instagram: @TheLibertineLDN

Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET

www.theatreroyal.org.uk
Box Office: 01225 448844

First performance Wednesday 31 August 2016
Last performance Saturday 17 September 2016

Performances
Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm
Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm
(No 2.30pm matinee performance on Thursday 1 September)

Prices
From £24.50

For full details either visit www.theatreroyal.org.uk or call 01225 448844

Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, London SW1Y 4HT

www.trh.co.uk
Box Office: 020 7930 8800

First performance Thursday 22 September 2016
Final performance Saturday 3 December 2016
Opening Night for Press on Tuesday 27 September 2016

Performances
Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm
Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm

Prices
From £15.00
For full details either visit www.trh.co.uk or call 020 7930 8800

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