The Real Thing " review
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsTom Stoppard's 1982 comedy opens with an audacious sleight-of-hand in which Max, an architect, is distraught to discover that his wife Charlotte has been unfaithful. Yet he quickly recovers his composure when he pops round to Charlotte's new place for nibbles and drinks the following day, having apparently acquired a replacement partner overnight.It transpires that Charlotte is actually…