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Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 8m

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land
by Tom Stoppard

Dirty Linen concerns the investigation of a Select Committee into the moral standards of the House of Commons - a somewhat unconventional investigation, rendered not less so by the presence of an ultra-sexy secretary whose clothes have a trick of whisking off in the hands of various members.

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 8m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
Dirty Linen concerns the investigation of a Select Committee into the moral standards of the House of Commons - a somewhat unconventional investigation, rendered not less so by the presence of an ultra-sexy secretary whose clothes have a trick of whisking off in the hands of various members. New-Found-Land is a duologue between two Home Office officials, with a tour-de-force speech on America by one of them.
Keywords
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A committee room in the House of Commons
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist i ...

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