The Libertine review a swaggering, gutsy look at royal decadence
Citizens theatre, GlasgowMartin Hutson plays 17th-century satirist John Wilmot in Dominic Hill's refreshing, stripped-back productionWhen Jacob Huysmans painted John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, he pictured Wilmot in the company of a monkey. The 17th-century courtier and satirist looked suitably grand standing in his periwig, while the animal clutched a book and proffered a scrap of paper like a s…