The Real Thing

The Real Thing

Key facts

Genre: Drama

Playwright: Tom Stoppard

Synopsis

Henry is a brilliant and celebrated playwright. With his wife Charlotte in the starring role, his new play examines the complexity of love and infidelity.

Henry’s reality and fiction blur when passions ignite and his own marriage becomes entwined with that of Charlotte’s co-star, Max and wife Annie. As Henry struggles to write a new work, the players in this game of deceit and lust are all searching. But can any of them find The Real Thing?

There will be a post-show talk with live subtitling.

Event details

Thu 28 Jun 2012, 1:30pm

Captioned by STAGETEXT

Venue details

Oxford Playhouse

11-12 Beaumont Street

Oxford

OX1 2LW

Phone: 01865 305305

Email: laura.sherwood@oxfordplayhouse.com

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