A13
Tom Stoppard – Hapgood
A13 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition Paperback
Faber and Faber. Published 13th June 1988. Paperback. 1 blank, half-title, title, [iv], 89 pages numbered 1-89, 4 blanks. Pages 197mm x 123mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, jungle green, grey and white; in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | HAPGOOD | Tom Stoppard’, with below an illustration of three changing cubicles with two of them having a briefcase below the door. ISBN 0-571-15160-4. Price on back cover £3.95 / US $7.95 / CAN $9.95.
Note 1: The publication data page also refers to a hardback edition with ISBN 0-571-15159-0. No copies of this hardback have been sighted.
1a. First Edition Paperback Reprint
Faber and Faber. 1988. Paperback. 1 blank, half-title, title, [iv], 89 pages numbered 1-89, 4 blanks. Pages 197mm x 123mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, jungle green, grey and white; in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | HAPGOOD | Tom Stoppard’, with below an illustration of three changing cubicles with two of them having a briefcase below the door. ISBN 0-571-15160-4. Price on back cover £3.95 / US $7.95 / CAN $9.95.
Note 2: Although Stoppard made many changes to the text over time this reprint was issued with no apparent changes to the text.
2. Revised Edition Hardback
Faber and Faber. Published 20th February 1995. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [iii], 77 pages numbered 1-77. Pages 196mm x 121mm. Charcoal paper covered boards quarter bound with pale grey cloth; down spine in silver bordered by silver rectangles: ‘(ff logo) HAPGOOD Tom Stoppard’.
Dustjacket. 455mm x 203mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, jungle green, grey and white; in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | HAPGOOD | Tom Stoppard’, with below an illustration of three changing cubicles with two of them having a briefcase below the door. ISBN 0-571-15159-0. Price on front flap £12.99 / US $19.95.
3. Acting Edition
Samuel French Ltd. Published 1988. Paperback. Title, [iii], 66 pages numbered 1-66, [iii]. Pages 185mm x 125mm. Front: white with in Verdigris newsprint dot lettering ‘HAPGOOD’, and below in Verdigris ‘A play by | TOM STOPPARD’ and at the bottom ‘SAMUEL FRENCH LTD’. ISBN 0-573-1781-6.
Note 3: The text follows that of the first edition with minor changes to stage directions.
4. Theatre Script
A duplicated typescript dated November 1987 and signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page with the Fraser & Dunlop name and address in the bottom right corner. Title, [i] quote from Richard Feynman, [i] cast of characters, [i] list of scenes, locations and time of day. Pages 296mm x 210mm, text printed on the recto only and numbered 1.1.1 to 2.7.54.
See photos below.
A13 b. USA Edition
1. Faber Hardback
Grove Press. Published 1994. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half-title, title, [iii], 77 pages numbered 1-77. Pages 208mm x 131mm. Black paper covered boards quarter bound in glossy black cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘HAPGOOD Tom Stoppard (ff logo)’. ISBN 0-571-19857-0.
Dustjacket. 504mm x 215mm. Front: lime green with in the centre two black and white photo cutouts of the back of a man carrying a briefcase; above in turquoise ‘HAPGOOD’ and below in purple ‘TOM | STOPPARD’.
2. Broadway Edition
Faber and Faber. 1994. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii], 77 pages numbered 1-77, 4 blanks. Pages 196mm x 125mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, jungle green, grey and white; across the top right corner in black ‘BROADWAY | EDITION’, in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | HAPGOOD | Tom Stoppard’, with below an illustration of three changing cubicles with two of them having a briefcase below the door. ISBN 0-571-19857-0. Price on back cover UK £5.99 / US $10.95 / CAN $12.99.
Note 4: This USA paperback edition uses the same ISBN as the USA hardback, and both have the text used in the UK revised edition. However, both the paperback and hardback editions have different publication data pages.
3. Acting Edition
Samuel French Inc. Published 1988. Paperback. Title, [iii], 135 pages numbered 9-143. Pages 183mm x 123mm. Front: very pale blue with in black ‘HAPGOOD | by | TOM STOPPARD | (rampant lion logo) | Samuel French, Inc.’. ISBN 0-573-69170-3.
See photos below.
Theatrical Performances
UK Previews: 12th to 27th February 1988 at the Wimbledon Theatre, London
UK Premiere: 8th March 1988 at the Aldwych Theatre, London.
USA Premiere: 12th April 1989 at the UCLA James A Doolittle Theatre, Hollywood, CA.
