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Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m
Tom Stoppard
Winner! 1982 Evening Standard Award for Best Play Winner! 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play Winner! 1984 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play Winner! 1984 Tony® Award for Best Play Winner! 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival Winner! Two 2000 Tony® Awards, including Best Revival of a Play
Tom Stoppard's brilliant, award-winning play of surprise and deftly witty comparison was premiered at London's Strand Theatre in 1982 starring Roger Rees and Felicity Kendal and revived in 1999. Henry is a successful playwright married to Charlotte who has the lead role in his latest play about adultery. Her co-star, Max, is married to another actress, Annie, and Annie and Henry are madly in love but is it any more real than the 'subjects of Henry's play?
Various interior settings
“This is Stoppard with both brains and heart, and jokes showered like confetti.” — The Arts Desk
“Dazzling comedy of love and language.” — Financial Times
“A timeless study of passion and art.” — The Guardian
“Dizzyingly clever.” — TimeOut
“Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece… [it] will always be funny and relevant.” — The Times
“Just as relevant now as 40 years ago.” — WhatsOnStage
Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) – Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst wo ...