John Stephen Gerrard Jeffreys(22 April 1950 – 17 September 2018) was a British playwright and playwriting teacher. He wrote original plays, films and play adaptations and also worked as translator. Jeffreys is best known for his play The Libertine about the Earl of Rochester, which was performed at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago with John Malkovich as Rochester, and later adapted into a film starring Malkovich and Johnny Depp. Jeffreys attended the Stationers' Company's School before going to University of Southampton, graduating with an English literature degree in 1972. In 1975 he started working at the Royal Court Theatre in London as assistant electrician. He began writing plays about the same time.
Stephen Jeffreys as Screenplay, Theatre Play
روایتی از زندگی جان ویلموت، معروف به ارل راچستر؛ شاعری در قرن هفدهم که شهرتش به خاطر عیاشی و میگساریهای افراطی بود و سرانجام در جوانی جان باخت. اما پس از مرگ، آثارش مورد تحسین منتقدان قرار گرفت.