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Barnaby Kay, Hattie Morahan, Fenella Woolgar, et al. Join Toby Stephens in The Real Thing

Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens

Hattie Morahan, Barnaby Kay, and Fenella Woolgar will join the previously announced Toby Stephens in the Old Vic revival of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing, to run April 10 -June 5. Anna Mackmin will direct the production, which is being designed by Lez Brotherston.

Stoppard’s play focuses on Henry (Stephens), a successful playwright who is married to Charlotte (Woolgar), an actress who playing the lead in his current play about adultery. Her co-star and friend Max (Kay), is married to Annie (Morahan), also an actress, who has fallen in love with Henry. The company will also feature Tom Austen, Louise Calf, and Jordan Young.

Morahan’s theater credits include Time and the Conways, The Family Reunion, Some Trace of Her, and The Seagull. Kay was most recently seen on stage in A Streetcar Named Desire with Rachel Weisz at the Donmar, while his TV credits include Wuthering Heights, The Government Inspector, and The Fixer. Woolgar’s credits include the films Summer Project, Scoop, St Trinian’s, and Vera Drake and the plays Time and the Conways, Motortown and As You Like It.

For further information, visit: www.whatsonstage.com.