Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land is a pair of plays by Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard (1937- ). The two plays are always performed together, with New-Found-Land interrupting the two parts of Dirty Linen.

The original text
The pair of plays was first performed in 1976 for two months at the Almost Free Theatre in London, after which it moved to the Arts Theatre  on the West End for the next four years.

Performance history in South Africa
1977: First produced in South Africa by Pieter Toerien, directed by Peter Bowles at the Johannesburg Civic and the Nico Malan Theatre, Cape Town. The Dirty Linen cast were: Moira Downie (Maddie), Sandy Robertson (Cocklebury-Smythe, M.P.), John Challis (McTeazle, M.P.), Ron Smerczak (Chamberlain, M.P.), Peter Bowles (Chairman Withenshaw, M.P.), Naomi Buch (Mrs Ebury, M.P.), Martin Aylott (French, M.P.) and Jack Payne (Home Secretary). The New-Found-Land cast were: Richard Warwick (Arthur) and Charles Hawtrey (Bernard).

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