The Apple Cart

1h 55min

Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?

Cast

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

King Magnus
Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Queen Jemima
Joyce Grant

Joyce Grant

Lysistrata
Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Boanerges
Peter Barkworth

Peter Barkworth

Prime Minister
Griffith Jones

Griffith Jones

Foreign Secretary
Trevor Baxter

Trevor Baxter

Colonial Secretary
Reg Pritchard

Reg Pritchard

Chancellor of the Exchequer
Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Home Secretary
Simon Lack

Simon Lack

Pamphilius
James Leith

James Leith

Sampronius
Bernard Taylor

Bernard Taylor

American Ambassador
Deborah Makepeace

Deborah Makepeace

Princess Royal

Release date

19th Jan 1975

Status

Released

Spoken languages