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Magnus is the King of England in the year 1967. He is in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by a rift between him and the members of his Cabinet, who feel that he has too much unilateral power. The boisterous and cantankerous Boanerges, newly-appointed President of the Board of Trade, has arrived at the Palace to give Magnus a piece of his mind. Boanerges insists that Magnus must be nothing more than a “rubber stamp” and leave the work of legislating to the ministers in his Cabinet.
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Start: Magnus: You’re very welcome to my little palace, Mr. Boanerges. Won’t you sit down? Boanerges: I am sitting down. Magnus: True, Mr. Boanerges. I had not noticed it. Forgive me: force of habit.
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End: Boanerges: That’s true. But I can talk Iky’s head off. Magnus: Lucky man: you have all the triumphs in your hand. But I, who cannot pretend to your gifts, am very glad that Iky cannot upset me as long as I am the nephew of my uncle.
Citation: George Bernard Shaw, The Apple Cart, 1928.
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