The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard

Name: The Real Thing
Brand: Tom Stoppard
SKU: 9780571270125
Rating: 3.9 (4467 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

British

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the deep exploration of love and relationships in this early Tom Stoppard play. Many commend its honest and insightful approach, highlighting the complexity of human connections without any judgment.

Deep exploration of loveHonest and insightful writingLimited representation of characters

Synopsis

Tom Stoppard's brilliant, award-winning play of surprise and deftly witty comparison was premiered at London's Strand Theatre in 1982 starring Roger Rees and Felicity Kendal and revived in 1999.

Henry is a successful playwright married to Charlotte who has the lead role in his latest play about adultery.

Her co-star, Max, is married to another actress, Annie, and Annie and Henry are madly in love but is it any more real than the subjects of Henry's play

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Available Editions

Format	Publisher	Year	Pages	ISBN-13	Price
Paperback · Main	Faber & Faber	2010	112	9780571270125	Buy
Paperback · New	Samuel French	1986	72	9780573016370	Buy
Paperback	—	2017	144	9780802127440	—
Print	—	1984	81	9780571125296	—
Print	—	1982	84	9780571119837	—
Print	—	1983	84	9780571132003	—
Print	—	1984	118	9780573614583	—
Print	—	1984	81	9780571125289	—
Print	—	—	—	9780739412350	—
Print	—	2010	—	9780573601026	—
Print	—	—	—	9780802188878	—
Print	—	—	—	9781580815994	—
Print	—	—	—	9781580815987	—
Print	—	—	—	9781615458936	—
Print	—	—	—	9780571289752	—