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?
Helen Mirren
as
Nigel Davenport
as King Magnus
Prunella Scales
as Queen Jemima
Beryl Reid
as Amanda
Joyce Grant
as Lysistrata
Bill Fraser
as Boanerges
Peter Barkworth
as Prime Minister
Griffith Jones
as Foreign Secretary
Trevor Baxter
as Colonial Secretary
Reg Pritchard
as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Thorley Walters
as Home Secretary
Simon Lack
as Pamphilius
