The Real Thing: A Play
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571125298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 81 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Customer said The usual Stoppard brilliance.. As what is considered a turning point in Stoppard's ability to write romance, The Real Thing includes the usual ingenius commentary on life and art this time woven through a love story. Thus, the play can be enjoyed for the usual Stoppardian elevated language and fascinating explanations of quality art as well as its touching yet clever romantic plot. Moreover, it is this plot that sets it apart from Stoppard's earlier work. The characters in The Real T. "The best!" according to Ted. If you're going to read a play, this is the one. The dialogue is so witty and the story line if wonderful. Pure pleasure.. Marilyn Squier said Another great play by Stoppard!. Tom Stoppard is my favorite playwright. Yet, the first time I read The Real Thing, I really disliked it. I didn't find his focus on adultry at all compelling. When I read the play for a second time, I realized that it had a lot of merit that I had not previously noticed. For example, he examines the relationship between polemic and artistic creation, between the artistry of writing and writing which is personal and passionate. Is it a good thing to be a
From Publishers Weekly A talented ensemble cast brings to life Stoppard's classic play featuring the loves and loves lost of playwright Henry; his wife, Charlotte; an actor named Max; and his activist wife, Annie. (Aug.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Templeman shines as Henry, perfectly capturing his wit, bravado and pathos. Henry searches for meaning both in art and romantic relationships as he attempts to write a play about his love for Annie and begrudgingly ghostwrites a play for Brodie, an incarcerated soldier and talentless, aspiring playwright. Featuring a play within a play, this production is superbly performed if slightly confusing in audiobook format—it's often difficult to keep track of who is speaking and to keep track of the endlessly reconfiguring
But is it the real thing?In The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard combines his characteristically brilliant wordplay and wit with flashes of insight that illuminate the nature--and the mystery--of love, creating a multi-toned play that challenges the mind while searching out the innermost secrets of the heart.. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie. The play begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage seems about to rupture. Both marriages are at the point of rupture because Henry and Annie have fallen in love. 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 by her husband, Henry