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The Real Thing | Stage Door Society

The Real Thing

Tom Stoppard

Theatre·Premiered 1982·Libretto by Tom Stoppard·comedy · drama · british

Synopsis

A playwright discovers that real love is messier and more painful than anything he could write.

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