The Circus

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fictional intelligence agency fictional organization

The Circus is the clandestine British intelligence agency at the center of John le Carré’s George Smiley spy novels.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
the Circus	9
The Circus canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional intelligence agency ⓘ fictional organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInNovel	A Murder of Quality NERFINISHED ⓘ Call for the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Smiley's People NERFINISHED ⓘ The Honourable Schoolboy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Looking Glass War NERFINISHED ⓘ The Russia House NERFINISHED ⓘ The Secret Pilgrim NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spy Who Came in from the Cold NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInSeries	George Smiley series ⓘ
appearsInWorkOf	John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ
employs	analysts ⓘ case officers ⓘ field agents ⓘ support staff ⓘ
fictionalLocationNear	Cambridge Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance	Call for the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	spy fiction ⓘ
governedBy	Control ⓘ
hasCoverName	The Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDepartment	Lamplighters NERFINISHED ⓘ Operations ⓘ Research and Evaluation ⓘ Scalphunters NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Bill Haydon NERFINISHED ⓘ Control ⓘ George Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendel NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Lacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Alleline NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Guillam NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ Toby Esterhase NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
laterGovernedBy	Percy Alleline NERFINISHED ⓘ
modeledOn	MI6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeRole	central setting ⓘ
operationalEra	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
specializesIn	counterintelligence ⓘ covert operations ⓘ espionage ⓘ