Hapgood (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Stoppard
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The mid-1980’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Mystery and detective literature, Farce, Suspense
- Subjects: Values, Gender roles, Communication, 1980’s, Reality, Truth, Mysteries, London, Ethics, Espionage or spies, Rugby, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Elizabeth Hapgood, a thirty-eight-year- old British female intelligence operative. She is involved in a spy mission attempting to locate a mole or “sleeper” who is passing secrets to Russia. Her code name is “Mother,” although she is also addressed as “Betty” by her “sister” Celia. Hapgood is the mother of a son by Kerner, a German-Russian spy, and also has had a long-standing relationship with Blair and a lesser one with the enigmatic operative Ridley. The leading character in a geometrically complicated web of intrigue and contradictions,...
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