"...The play opens with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. Charlotte, it is revealed, is actually an actress who is appearing in a play written by her husband, Henry. Max, who plays Charlotte's husband in the piece, is also married to an actress, Annie. Both marriage are at the point of rupture because Henry and Annie have fallen in love. But is it the real thing? Tom Stoppard combines his characteristic wordplay and wit with flashes of insight that illuminate the nature -- and mystery-- of love, creating an extraordinary theatrical exploration of marriage, fidelity, and creative life."--Back cover.
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The Real Thing
Nov 21, 2017, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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The real thing
1983, Faber and Faber
in English
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Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he's hopelessly naive when it comes to understanding love and infidelity. Writing about betrayal is one thing, living with it is another. After Henry leaves his wife for another woman, he's confronted with being the cuckold himself.
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