The Apple Cart

Archive Listings for The Apple Cart

T1979688285 (TRBATH09)

Company Peter Hall Company. Director Peter Hall. Design Christopher Woods. Lighting Peter Mumford. Sound Gregory Clarke. Performer Charles Edwards. Performer Janie Dee. Performer James Laurenson. Performer Barry Stanton. Performer Candida Gubbins. Performer Jeffry Wickham. Performer Penny Bunton. Performer Richard Clifford. Performer Elizabeth Crarer. Performer Richard Dixon. Performer Peter Gordon. Performer Geoff Leesley. Performer Richard Lynson. Performer Peter Sandys-Clarke. Performer Julia Swift.

1 Jul 09 to 1 Aug 09

Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854
listing details L01369238697

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Play :: Originally written for the first Malvern Festival in 1929, when a special train was put on to bring more than sixty critics from London, The Apple Cart was a triumphant success. Indeed, W B Yeats writing at the time said 'I imagine that Shaw has made the sensation of his life'. Set towards the end of the twentieth century, The Apple Cart portrays a vision of Britain in which the country is little more than a staging post for the movement of foreign capital. The heart has gone out of politics and into moneymaking and only a tiny fraction of the electorate can be bothered to vote. When the cabinet threatens to resign en masse if the King does not give up the royal veto, the King decides the time is ripe to upset the apple cart.

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