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New York Times theater critic Frank Rich called “The Real Thing” “not only Mr. Stoppard’s most moving play, but also the most bracing play that anyone has written about love and marriage in years.”

After setting a record for the longest Senate floor speech in U.S. history earlier this year, many insiders and observers believe this marriage reshapes the public narrative around him.

Felicity Kendal and Roger Rees originated the lead roles in Stoppard’s very personal examination of love and marriage, truth and honesty.

"He has no apparent animus towards anyone or anything," said film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway premiere of Stoppard's tale of marriage and affairs "The Real Thing".

His descriptions convey with equal force the stillness of the forest, the mute hostility of a marriage, the ardent impulses of youth.