Bush satires keep coming to London’s West End

First it was “The Madness of George Dubya,” now “A Weapons Inspector Calls.”

President Bush, on a high-profile visit to Britain this week, is an inspiration to one satirical playwright.

Justin Butcher, whose “Madness of George Dubya” made it big in the West End -- London’s Broadway -- this year, has written a sequel that takes its title from the classic stage thriller “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestly.

The new play is set in the Oval Office on the eve of the presidential election.

Bush has gathered his supporters to celebrate imminent reelection but is interrupted by a ghostly weapons inspector, fresh from 18 fruitless months wandering the Middle East in search of weapons of mass destruction.

The inspector has a damning report for the U.S. Congress and interrogates his White House suspects to the accompaniment of satirical songs.

The play opens in London on Dec. 9.

“The Madness of George Dubya,” which painted Bush as a buffoon in pajamas cuddling a teddy bear, ran for 22 weeks in the West End. It takes its title from Alan Bennett’s “The Madness of King George.”