The Real Thing Theatre Tickets | The Real Thing Old Vic Theatre
March 12th, 2010THE REAL THING TICKETS – LIVE AVAILABILITY
The Real Thing Old Vic Theatre – 10th April 2010 – 5th June 2010
Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing tickets are on sale now for the Old Vic Theatre. Starring Toby Stephen The Real Thing play has been uncredibly successful in the West and and Broadway since the first production in 1982. Do not miss this opportunity to see The Real Thing London.
TICKETS £30.50 – £59.00
Show Type
The Real Thing is a Play
Show Overview
Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play is about Henry, a successful playwright who is married to Charlotte, also his leading lady in a play he has written about adultery in which she stars with her friend Max.
As ‘The Real Thing’ begins, Stoppard tricks the audience into thinking the first scene is real but actually this is a play within a play as Stoppard explores honesty amongst friends and lovers.
Charlotte dislikes the play as she feels there is not much to the female character and little for her to say whereas Max’s character seems to be Henry’s ‘voice’.
Reality within the play focuses on Henry and his relationship with Annie who is married to Max. Annie is an activist preoccupied with trying to free Brodie, a Scottish soldier imprisoned for burning a memorial wreath. Henry mocks Annie’s ideology but later we discover this too is ‘unreal’ as Henry and Annie are having an affair. Max discovers his wife’s infidelity and she leaves him for Henry.
Henry’s own ideology about love threaten to overcome him as he has to compromise his art in order to pay his wife’s alimony. He discovers that Charlotte had numerous affairs whilst they were married which leads him to be suspicious of Annie. Back at their apartment whilst she is away acting, he looks for evidence of an affair and then when Annie returns, he confronts her. This seen mirrors the first scene in which Charlotte played the wife of Max but Annie has much more to say to Henry that he gave Charlotte to say in the play. She admits to having an affair with her co star but refuses to give him or Henry up.
Henry painfully accepts Annie’s decision but then newly released Brodie appears, causing yet more strain and confusion.
‘The Real Thing’ is a fast paced play and a great evenings entertainment made all the better by the casting of the fabulous Toby Stephens who is instantly recognisable as Bond villain Gustav Graves in ‘Die Another Day’.
Show Age Suitability
The Real Thing is suitable for Adults
Theatre Information
‘The Real Thing’ will be playing at the The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, Waterloo Road, SE1 8NB
Nearest Underground Station: Waterloo Station (10 minute walk)
Buses: 1, 68, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, and 501
Performance Information
Mon to Sat: 7.30pm
Wed & Sat: 2.30pm
Running Time: TBC
Author/Playwright
Tom Stoppard
Cast Includes
Toby Stephens
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