The House of Commons is no stranger to scandal or to farce but it usually manages to arrange its follies so as to keep the two separate. -- McTeazle  Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land were first performed as an Ambiance Lunch-Hour Theatre Club presentation at Inter-Action's Almost Free Theatre on April 6, 1976. The production was directed by Ed Berman and designed by Gabriella Falk.
THE CASTDirty LinenMADDIE --Luan Peters COCKLEBURY-SMYTHE, M.P. -- Edward de Souza MCTEAZLE, M.P. -- Benjamin Whitrow CHAMBERLAIN, M.P. -- Malcolm Ingram WITHENSHAW, M.P. (the CHAIRMAN) -- Peter Bowles MRS. EBURY, M.P. -- Christine Ozanne FRENCH, M.P. -- Richard O'Callaghan HOME SECRETARY -- Derek Ensor New-Found-Land ARTHUR -- Stephen Moore BERNARD -- Richard Goolden
THE CRITICS SPEAK"Must be the most delicious lunch-time entertainment in London. From a farrago of puns, spoonerisms, Latin tags, foreign phrases, high wit and low jokes, the author has fashioned a marvellous comedy." -- Jonh Lucas, The Observer"Tom Stoppard's devilish new comedy casts a sardonic but winking eye at the sexual paccadilloes of a nation's leaders. The play is about the British Parliament, but it sounds as if Stoppard had been avidly digesting the American newspapers and rushed to his typewriter." -- Mel Gussow, The New York Times
"A relentless verbal high-wire act. Puns, paradoxes, misunderstandings, and double bluffs pour out like quicksilver. The cumulative effect is of language being sent on a roller-coaster ride." -- Michael Billington, The Guardian FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION ONLINEExplore Parliament -- Do just that. There's even a "Junior" section of interest to the under-12 set.House of Commons Home Page -- The no-fooling-around guide to the subject. Destination: Scandal! -- The Washington Post provides a helpful guide to the seamiest side of our nation's capitol. OFFLINEThe Big Book of Scandal by Jonathan Vankin
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