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'''''Dirty Linen''''' and '''''New-Found-Land''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Linen_and_New-Found-Land] is a pair of plays by Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard (1937- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Stoppard]. The two plays are always performed together, with ''New-Found-Land'' interrupting the two parts of ''Dirty Linen''.  
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''[[Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land]]'' is the title of a linked pair of plays (''[[Dirty Linen]]'' and ''[[New-Found-Land]]'') by Tom Stoppard (1937- )[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Stoppard].  
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The two plays are always performed together as ''[[Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land]]'', with ''[[New-Found-Land]]'' interrupting the two parts of ''[[Dirty Linen]]''.  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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The pair of plays was first performed in 1976 for two months at the Almost Free Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Free_Theatre] in London, after which it moved to the Arts Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Theatre] on the West End for the next four years.
 
The pair of plays was first performed in 1976 for two months at the Almost Free Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Free_Theatre] in London, after which it moved to the Arts Theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Theatre] on the West End for the next four years.
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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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).
 
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).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Linen_and_New-Found-Land
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Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 13. 346 and [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 82.
 
Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 13. 346 and [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 82.
  
 
[[Pieter Toerien]] theatre programme (undated).
 
[[Pieter Toerien]] theatre programme (undated).
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:34, 24 September 2018

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land is the title of a linked pair of plays (Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land) by Tom Stoppard (1937- )[1].

The two plays are always performed together as Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land, 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 [2] in London, after which it moved to the Arts Theatre [3] on the West End for the next four years.

Translations and adaptations

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).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Linen_and_New-Found-Land

Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 13. 346 and [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 82.

Pieter Toerien theatre programme (undated).

Tucker, 1997.

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