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Hapgood
"Intriguing and thoroughly absorbing." - London Broadcasting.
"Vastly entertaining." - Jewish Chronicle.
"Stoppard's most cunning play yet." - Guardian.
Details
Summary
Does light come in waves or particles? Experiments will show either: the experimenter can choose. "A double agent is like a trick of the light," Kerner the physicist tells Blair the spy catcher. "You get what you interrogate for." Dual natures, of light and of people, are the theme of Tom Stoppard's espionage thriller. Kerner's secret research is being leaked to Moscow. Is Ridley the double? Or is Kerner a triple? Hapgood is the person to find out, and maybe it will need two of her.
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist i ...