The Real Thing: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Real Thing runs 1.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Gaydos and Matthew Wolf and others (about 1.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.8 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matthew Wolf
Matthew Wolf narrates 42 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 365 hours in all.
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
268 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Real Thing is an audiobook by Tom Stoppard: a 1.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Gaydos, Matthew Wolf and Andrea Bowen and others, released June 15, 2009, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Gaydos, Matthew Wolf, Andrea Bowen, Simon Templeman, Douglas Weston, Carolyn Seymour
- Released
- June 15, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781580815994
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Real Thing as an audiobook?
The Real Thing runs 1.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.2 hours.
Is The Real Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Real Thing?
The Real Thing is narrated by Matthew Gaydos, Matthew Wolf, Andrea Bowen and Simon Templeman and others.