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Tom Stoppard's Hapgood comes in from the cold by Mark Lawson

Mixing spy thriller with quantum physics, Stoppard's play Hapgood received rude and confused reviews in 1988. Will a rare revival reverse its fortunes?In March 1988, Tom Stoppard gave an interview to Michael Billington for the Guardian to reflect on a situation he had never experienced before " a new play of his had received reviews on a spectrum from bemusement ("thoroughly incomprehensible") to rudeness: "It seems …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AM on December 4, 2015

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