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At this point in the play, Annie and Henry have been living together as a couple for over two years. Annie is a political advocate for Brodie, a Scottish soldier who was imprisoned for burning a memorial wreath at an otherwise peaceful protest. Brodie, in the hopes of turning his incarceration into a political movement, has written an autobiographical play about his experience. Annie has encouraged him in this, insisting that he’s an idealist and that his voice deserves to be heard. Annie has
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Start: Henry: You’re not going to do this, are you?
Annie: Why not?
Henry: It’s no good.
End: Henry: Not that anyone will get the chance, because it’s half as long as Das Kapital and only twice as funny. I also think you should know better.
Stoppard, Tom. The Real Thing. Faber and Faber, 1982, pp. 48-50.
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