HEADLINE:
Author:
Tom Stoppard
Title
of the play: The Real Thing
Editorial: Faber and Faber
Place
of publication: London
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Henry: He is the main character of the play , he is a writer of theatre plays.
He is married with Charlotte although he has relations with Annie. He knows
take care by himself.
Charlotte: She is the wife of Henry, She’s a good person.
Max: He accepts the adventure of his wife because later he has an adventure
with Annie.
Annie: She is married with Max, she is actress.
Brodie: He is a soldier that takes prisoner when he goes to an antimissile
manifestation.
Debbie: She is the daughter of Henry and Charlotte, she is seventeen years old.
She likes a lot the sex ( she has got relations with all the boys of her
school).
Billie: He is an actor that in one play has to be the lover of Annie, and later
in the real life he flirts with her.
PLOT:
This
story is about many couples that after some features in their lives start to
have relations between them, as for example: Henry is married with Charlotte,
although he is in love of Annie; Charlotte, accepts that her husbands goes to
another; Annie, is the couple of Max, and has relations with Henry; Debbie, the
daughter of the first couple is also like they, she had relations with someone.
Max and Annie meets in a train a soldier called Brodie who goes to an
antimissile manifestation where takes prisoner.
SPACE:
The play
is situated in many places for example a dining room with a phonograph, the
train near of a window, the Debbie’s room, and there are moments where don’t
specify the space.
TIME:
The
play is divided in two acts. There is a jump in the time about two years.
STYLISTIC AND LITERARY RESOURCES:
Language
valuation: The language used is colloquial and vulgar. The
writer uses an easier language to the best comprehension of the reader.
PERSONAL OPINION:
In
my opinion this play is a few confuse because there is a big number of
infidelities. I don’t like it because I’m not sympathiser of this kind of
things, but by other hand the play is quite entertaining.