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?
as King Magnus
as Queen Jemima
as Amanda
as Lysistrata
as Boanerges
as Prime Minister
as Foreign Secretary
as Colonial Secretary
as Chancellor of the Exchequer
as Home Secretary
as Pamphilius
as Sampronius
as American Ambassador
as Princess Royal
