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The Real Thing review

“Intelligent but bloodless”
James McArdle and Susan Wokoma in The Real Thing at the Old Vic Theatre, London. Photo: Manuel Harlan
James McArdle and Susan Wokoma in The Real Thing at the Old Vic Theatre, London. Photo: Manuel Harlan
Revival of Tom Stoppard’s brainy comedy is slick, persuasively acted and too clever by half

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