The Real Thing

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The Real Thing is a 1982 play by Tom Stoppard that explores love, fidelity, and authenticity through a meta-theatrical story about a playwright whose personal and professional lives intertwine.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
author Tom Stoppard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticForm two-act play ⓘ
explores complexities of romantic commitment ⓘ
difference between genuine emotion and performance ⓘ
role of the artist in society ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1982 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasDialogueStyle intellectually playful ⓘ
witty ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Annie ⓘ
Charlotte ⓘ
Henry ⓘ
Max ⓘ
hasTone bittersweet ⓘ
comic ⓘ
serious ⓘ
intendedAudience adult theatre audiences ⓘ
mainTheme adultery ⓘ
art and life ⓘ
authenticity ⓘ
fidelity ⓘ
love ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
narrativeDevice play within a play ⓘ
notableFor blurring boundaries between art and reality ⓘ
self-referential theatrical structure ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Tom Stoppard plays ⓘ
periodOfWork late 20th century theatre ⓘ
premiereType stage premiere ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
structure metatheatrical ⓘ
subjectMatter intersection of personal and professional life ⓘ
relationships of a playwright ⓘ
workPeriodOfAuthor Stoppard’s middle career ⓘ

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Tom Stoppard → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Tom Stoppard → wrote → The Real Thing ⓘ
The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) → basedOn → The Real Thing (play) ⓘ
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The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) → isARevivalOf → The Real Thing (original Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: The Real Thing
The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) → isVersionOf → The Real Thing (stage play) ⓘ
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Tony Award for Best Play → notableWinner → The Real Thing ⓘ
Rupert Penry-Jones → performedIn → The Real Thing ⓘ
Peter Gallagher → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Tomáš Straussler → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Stephen Dillane → theatreWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Tony Walton → notableWork → The Real Thing (play, Broadway production) ⓘ
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John Vickery → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Roger Berlind → notableWork → The Real Thing (1984 Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: The Real Thing
Frederick M. Zollo → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Ronan Raftery → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
Annie → roleIn → The Real Thing ⓘ
Annie → describedIn → The Real Thing ⓘ
Max → protagonistOf → The Real Thing ⓘ
Henry → appearsIn → The Real Thing ⓘ