Hapgood (play)
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Written byTom Stoppard
CharactersHapgood
Blair
Kerner
Ridley
Wates
Merryweather
Maggs
Joe
Russian
Blair
Kerner
Ridley
Wates
Merryweather
Maggs
Joe
Russian
Date premieredMarch 8, 1988
Place premieredAldwych Theatre, London
| Hapgood | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Tom Stoppard |
| Characters | Hapgood Blair Kerner Ridley Wates Merryweather Maggs Joe Russian |
| Date premiered | March 8, 1988 |
| Place premiered | Aldwych Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Espionage, quantum mechanics |
Hapgood is a play by Tom Stoppard, first produced in 1988. It is mainly about espionage, focusing on a British female spymaster (Hapgood) and her juggling of career and motherhood. The play also makes reference to quantum mechanics, including Niels Bohr's "The answer is the question interrogated"; Heisenberg's uncertainty principle; and the topological problem of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg. The critic Michael Billington wrote, “I enjoyed Hapgood (1988) the first time around but it is now counted as one of his rare failures.”[1]
