The Real Thing

One of Tom Stoppard's most critically acclaimed plays performed by a visiting British drama company. The story is reminiscent of many other representations of modern marriage: a man leaves one wife only to discover that this second isn't quite perfect either. But this being a Tom Stoppard, nothing is ever that simple. The hero is a playwright who has developed very rigid ideas about words and love, so there's much subtext about discerning what's real. Shanghai-based theatre group, Madmen and Fools, even throw in a three-course meal.