Apple Cart, The: A Political Extravaganza (1929), a play by George Bernard Shaw. Set in the latter part of the 20th cent. the play is a satirical sketch of democracy in disarray. King Magnus, an urbane ironist and skilful tactician, has precipitated a crisis by refusing to accept the role of a constitutional rubber-stamp.

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