{"product_id":"real-thing-a-play","title":"Real Thing: A Play","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eReal Thing: A Play\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTom Stoppard\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780571125296\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe play begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage seems about to rupture. 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. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie. Both marriages are at the point of rupture because Henry and Annie have fallen in love. But is it the real thing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Real Thing: A Play | Tom Stoppard | Paperback | 9780571125296 | Used: Like New | Drama 1683987","offer_id":48415222464664,"sku":"1683987","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71hDatp_9RL.jpg?v=1773328919","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/real-thing-a-play","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}