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Start: Perhaps I had better explain. I...

King Magnus

The Apple Cart

George Bernard Shaw

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act One
Time & Place
The Royal Palace in England. 1967.
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start: Perhaps I had better explain. I quite appreciate the frank and magnanimous spirit--may I say the English spirit?--in which my little concession has been received, especially by you, Mr. Boanerges.

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End: Thus every king is supposed to be a libertine; and as, oddly enough, he owes a great part of his popularity to this belief, he cannot deny it without deeply disappointing his subjects.

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