The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard

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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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Publisher Samuel French
Year 1986
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573016370
ISBN-10 0573016372

The Real Thing is a British play written by Tom Stoppard and published by Samuel French (1986).

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