Dirty Linen/New-Found-Land (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Stoppard
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Farce
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, Farce
- Subjects: 1970’s, Journalism or journalists, Sex or sexuality, Immigration or emigration, England or English people, Politicians, London, Ethics, Comedy
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Dirty Linen, 1976
Maddie Gotobed, the new secretary to the Select Committee of Members of Parliament, which meets in an overspill meeting room in Big Ben. Voluptuous and inexperienced, she evidently has been involved in affairs with all the male members of Parliament (MPs) on the Select Committee, which has been commissioned to investigate sexual misbehavior in the House of Commons. Each member, as he arrives, slips her a pair of lace panties, evidently left at their last rendezvous, so that by the end of the play she has collected a drawer...
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