Full Cast Set for Revival of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing at London's Old Vic

As previously reported, Toby Stephens will lead the cast of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing at the Old Vic. Directed by Anna Mackmin, the cast also includes Tom Austen, Louise Calf, Barnaby Kay, Hattie Morahan, Fenella Woolgar and Jordan Young. The revival begins performances on April 10 and opens on April 21, 2010.

The Real Thing centers on Henry (Stephens), a successful and talented playwright, who is married to Charlotte (Woolgar), an actress playing the lead in his current play about adultery. Her co-star and friend Max (Kay) is married to Annie (Morahan), also an actor. Henry and Annie have fallen in love but is it any more real than the subjects in Henry’s play? As the story unravels, Henry discovers that love—“the real thing”—can be unpredictable and painful.

Stephens will follow up The Real Thing with Danton’s Death at the National, which he will rehearse while completing his run at the Old Vic. The actor, one of the two thespian sons of Dame Maggie Smith and the late Robert Stephens, most recently appeared on the London stage in A Doll’s House, opposite Gillian Anderson, and before that opposite David Haig and Patricia Hodge in The Country Wife. His numerous TV and film credits include Jane Eyre, Cambridge Spies and the James Bond movie, Die Another Day.

Austen is best known for his role as Anto on TV’s Shameless. His stage credits include Damn Yankees, The Man Who, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Festen and Romeo and Juliet. Calf has recently graduated from LAMDA. The Real Thing will mark her London stage debut. Kay’s theater credits include A Streetcar Named Desire with Rachel Weisz, Blues For Mr. Charlie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Broadway, Mouth To Mouth, Closer, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and The Changeling. Morahan’s extensive stage credits include Time and the Conways, Family Reunion, Some Trace Of Her, The Seagull and The City. Woolgar recently completed filming on Woody Allen’s latest film, having previously appeared in his film Scoop. Her stage credits include Time and the Conways, Motortown and As You Like It. Young’s theater credits include The Curse of the Starving Class, Taming of the Shrew, Beauty and the Beast, The Seagull and Black Watch.

The Old Vic production will feature set and costume design by Lez Brotherston, lighting design by Hugh Vanstone and sound design by Simon Baker.

The Real Thing is scheduled to play through June 5, 2010. The Old Vic’s current show is John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation, which is playing through April 3, 2010.