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
Nigel Davenport
Prunella Scales
Beryl Reid
Joyce Grant
Bill Fraser
Peter Barkworth
Griffith Jones
Trevor Baxter
Reg Pritchard
Thorley Walters
Simon Lack
James Leith
Bernard Taylor
Deborah Makepeace