Somehow light is particle and wave. The experimenter makes the choice. You get what you interrogate for. And you want to know if I'm a wave or a particle. -- Kerner  The first performance of Hapgood took place at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on March 8, 1988, in a production presented by Michael Codron. The play was directed by Peter Wood, and designed by Carl Toms, with lighting by David Hersey.
THE CASTHAPGOOD -- Felicity Kendal BLAIR -- Nigel Hawthorne KERNER -- Roger Rees RIDLEY -- Iain Glen WATES -- Al Matthews MERRYWEATHER -- Adam Norton MAGGS -- Roger Gartland JOE -- Christopher Price or Andrew Read RUSSIAN -- Patrick Gordon SYNOPSISDoes light come in waves or particles? Experiment will show either: the experimenter can choose. "A double agent is like a trick of the light," Kerner the physicist tells Blair the spycatcher. "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. -- from the faber and faber paperback editionTHE CRITICS SPEAKReview from:The Denver Post FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
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