{"product_id":"real-thing","title":"The Real Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI do envy you being married to a man with a sense of humour. Henry thinks he has a sense of humour, but what he has is a joke reflex.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 written 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\u003eThe Real Thing premiered at the Strand Theatre, London, in 1982, winning the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAward for Best Play. It received the Tony Award for Best Play in 1984, and, in 2000, the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Wall Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58355472826703,"sku":"9780571270125","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1006\/6028\/1679\/files\/9780571270125.jpg?v=1785487624","url":"https:\/\/fourthwallbookshop.co.uk\/products\/real-thing","provider":"Fourth Wall Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}