The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard But is it the real thing?The Real Thing premiered at the Strand Theatre, London, in 1982, winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Play. The Real Thing is not only Mr. Stoppards most moving play, but also the most bracing play that anyone has written about love and marriage in years . FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description I do envy you being married to a man with a sense of humour. Henry thinks he has a sense of humour, but what he has is a joke reflex.The play begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage seems about to rupture. But nothing one sees on a stage is the real thing, and some things are less real than others. 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?The Real Thing premiered at the Strand Theatre, London, in 1982, winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Play. It received the Tony Award for Best Play in 1984, and, in 2000, the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.What is this thing called love? In The Real Thing, we watch Henry find the answer - and we watch Mr. Stoppard do so too. The author of such high-flying neo-Shavian farces as Jumpers and Travesties turns his attention to private passion - and he does so without mortgaging an intellect that has few equals in the contemporary theater. The Real Thing is not only Mr. Stoppards most moving play, but also the most bracing play that anyone has written about love and marriage in years . . . so densely and entertainingly packed with wit, ideas and feelings that one visit just wont do. FRANK RICH, NEW YORK TIMES Author Biography Tom Stoppards work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The RealThing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia, Rock n Roll, The Hard Problem and Leopoldstadt. His radio plays include If Youre Glad Ill Be Frank, Alberts Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, In the Native State, On Dover Beach and Darkside (incorporating Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon). Television work includes Professional Foul, Squaring the Circle and Parades End. His film credits include Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which he also directed, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma and Anna Karenina. Promotional Not only Mr. Stoppards most moving play, but also the most bracing play that anyone has written about love and marriage in years. (New York Times) Details ISBN0571270123 Author Tom Stoppard Year 2010 ISBN-10 0571270123 ISBN-13 9780571270125 Media Book Publication Date 2010-04-15 Pages 112 Language English Publisher Faber & Faber Edition Main Format Paperback UK Release Date 2010-04-15 Imprint Faber & Faber Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2010-04-15 NZ Release Date 2010-04-15 Edition Description Main DEWEY 822.914 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:35925224;

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