Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The real thing, with ewan mcgregor and maggie gyllenhaal. The real thing is one of tom stoppards most enduring and highly acclaimed dramatic works, first performed in 1982 at the strand theatre in london, starring felicity kendal and roger. Evidence of real feelings, real chemistry and real life in general is dishearteningly scarce in this interpretation of tom stoppards 1982 comedy about one alltoowitty writers emotional block. In the real thing, tom stoppard tackles reality in a fictional world. Mel gussow is a drama critic for the new york times.
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Written by tom stoppard, narrated by andrea bowen, matt gaydos, carolyn seymour, simon templeman, douglas weston, joanne whalley, matthew wolf. The real thing is a play by tom stoppard that was first performed in 1982. Mike harris and amanda feller acted this scene for us. Theatre works audio theatre collections tom stoppard on. Come, sister, lend me your hand, lets walk together. Charles spencer, the daily telegraph on the london production when it comes to putting erotic love in its. The real thing is indeed the genuine articlea play of strength, grace, melancholy and wit. Tom stoppard arcadia act one scene one a room on the garden front of a very large country house in derbyshire in april 1809.
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