
"He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it."
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Rochester

Elizabeth Barry

Charles II

Elizabeth Malet

Chiffinch

Keown

Countess

Etherege

Sackville

Alcock

Vaughan

Ratcliffe

Downs

Jane

Acting Troop

Harris

Rose
Molly Luscombe

Sackville's Servant

Constable

Barrillon

Black Rod

Huysmans

Acting Troop