The Real Thing
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 was first performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 16 November 1982.
84 pages, 7 editions
English edition · First published 1982 by Faber · ISBN 9780571119837
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Editions
7 editions
English
- The Real Thing · Faber · 1982 · ISBN 9780571119837 This page
- The Real Thing · Grove/Atlantic, Inc. · 2017 · ISBN 9780802188878
- The Real Thing · Findaway World Llc · 2009 · ISBN 9781615458936
- The Real Thing (Library Edition Audio CDs) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections) · L.A. Theatre Works · 2009 · ISBN 9781580815987
- Real Thing · Random House · 1998 · ISBN 9780099887331
- The Real Thing · Faber · 1983 · ISBN 9780571132003
- The Real Thing · Faber · 1982 · ISBN 9780571289752
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