The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
The Real Thing is one of Tom Stoppard's most enduring and highly acclaimed dramatic works, first performed in 1982 at The Strand Theatre in London, starring Felicity Kendal and Roger Rees. The Real Thing begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. Charlotte is an actress who has been appearing in a play about marriage written by her husband, Henry. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie. Both marriages are at the point of rupture because Henry and Annie have fallen in love. But is it the real thing? Tom Stoppard combines his characteristically brilliant wordplay and wit with flashes of insight that illuminate the nature--and the mystery--of love, creating a multi-toned play that challenges the mind while searching out the innermost secrets of the heart. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, The Real Thing is brilliant and heartfelt, an extraordinary theatrical exploration of marriage, fidelity, and the creative life.
Stoppard, Tom: - Sir Tom Stoppard is a British playwright, who has written prolifically for television, radio, film, and stage. He found prominence with the plays Arcadia and The Coast of Utopia: Part 1€Voyage/Part 2€Shipwreck/Part 3€Salvage (Vivian Beaumont Theatre), Rock 'n Roll (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), The Invention of Love (Lyceum Theatre), Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land (John Golden Theatre), The Real Thing (Plymouth Theatre), Travesties (Ethel Barrymore Theatre), Jumpers (Billy Rose Theatre), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Eugene O'Neill Theatre).
Film screenplays include Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Brazil, The Russia House, and Shakespeare in Love.
Winner of one Academy Award and four Tony Awards, Stoppard has also been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize for determination to tell things as they are, the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award, the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, and The Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571125296 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571125298 |
| Title | The Real Thing |
| Author | Tom Stoppard |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Year published | 2000-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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