The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard

The Real Thing

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

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 3 female and 4 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1986
ISBN 10
0573016372
ISBN 13
9780573016370
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
72 pages
Language
English
Print
The Real Thing is a British play written by and published by Samuel French in 1986. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573016370 and an ISBN-10 of 0573016372.
Digital
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