King’s Head theatre toasts Victoria Wood and Tom Stoppard in season of rare plays
Dramas by Bryony Lavery, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Stephen Jeffreys also feature in readings to mark the venue’s 50th birthday
November 2021
Interruptions review – Stephen Jeffreys’ powerful inquiry into democracy
Through intriguing group scenarios, the impressive Represent cast consider politics and tyranny without resorting to pat solutions
September 2019
Valued Friends review – Stephen Jeffreys' play about the property boom is cannily constructed
Set in the 80s, this character-led comedy drama features fine performances, but is all just a bit too deliberate
April 2019
If we're all hedgehogs or foxes, what was Shakespeare?
Specialist hedgehog or wide-ranging fox? In an extract from his new book, the late playwright Stephen Jeffreys identifies two kinds of thinkers – and one writer who defies definition
Joe Penhall: 'Stephen Jeffreys soothed you through failure and cheered your success'
David Edgar on Stephen Jeffreys: ‘He was famous for his understanding of playwriting technique’
Stephen Jeffreys obituary
Stephen Jeffreys, playwright behind The Libertine, dies aged 68
August 2018
We condemn the destruction of Gaza cultural centre in Israeli airstrike
Letter: Fourteen leading playwrights and theatre directors, including Mike Bartlett, Caryl Churchill, Vicky Featherstone and Rufus Norris, describe the great rage and deep pain of their Palestinian friends and colleagues
October 2016
The Libertine review – Dominic Cooper's rake is charmless to a fault
Terry Johnson gives Stephen Jeffreys’s 1994 tale of Restoration depravity the full rumpy-pumpy, but Cooper’s Rochester is stuck in surly mode
September 2016
The Libertine review – Dominic Cooper is riveting as rakish hero
Cooper commands the stage as the Restoration rebel John Wilmot in Stephen Jeffreys’ portrait of debauchery and self-destruction
May 2014
The Libertine review – a swaggering, gutsy look at royal decadence
Martin Hutson brings authority to 17th-century satirist John Wilmot in Dominic Hill's refreshing, stripped-back production, writes Mark Fisher
February 2012
Naomi Watts: it's an honour to play Princess Diana
British-born film star says she looks forward to her 'iconic role' in Caught in Flight, based on final years of Princess Diana
September 2005
I Just Stopped by to See the Man
Octagon, Bolton
April 2005
Watching John Malkovich
Richard Christiansen sees a rare turn on stage.
February 2001
A maggot-ridden Libertine
The Libertine BAC London Rating: **
December 2000
Whites and the blues
Faustian drama in the deep South
November 2000
Pact with the devil
Stephen Jeffreys tells Lyn Gardner why Robert Johnson, father of the blues and a man with a few dark secrets, was the perfect subject for his new play about life, death - and cotton-picking.
