Real Thing, The
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary, 1980s
- 4M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573016370
Henry is a successful playwright married to Charlotte who has the lead role in his latest play about adultery.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary, 1980s
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Accolades:
- Winner! 1984 Tony Award for Best Play
Winner! 2000 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
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?
REVIEWS:
"So packed with wit, ideas and feelings... Stoppard's most moving play and the most bracing play anyone has written about love and marriage in years."
The New York Times
"Shimmering, dazzling theatre, a play of uncommon wit and intelligence which not only thoroughly delights but challenges and illuminates our lives."
WCBS TV
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 3F
CHARLOTTE - 35-ish
HENRY - 40-ish
ANNIE - 30-ish
BILLIE - 22-ish
DEBBIE - 17
BRODIE - 24
Available Material
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Real Thing, The Script
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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. |
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