Shaw's "The Apple Cart" (Helen Mirren as Orinthia) 1/3

this clip beings at the start of the play's "interlude". It is the scene between the King (a fellow brimming with Shavian wit and smarts) and his mistress -- which features Helen Mirren's terrific turn as the dishy witty Orinthia.

Nigel Davenport ... King Magnus
Helen Mirren ... Orinthia

"The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza" is a 1929 play by George Bernard Shaw. This clip from "Play of the Week" in 1975.

part one of three uploads of the complete "interlude"


Peter Lathan wrote in 2007:

After an awful lot of worthy debate about the nature of government, a light shines on this play with the arrival of Helen Mirren as the arch and extremely sexy Orinthia, a narcissist so much at home in the King's company that it takes time to realise that she is his mistress and not the wonderfully named Queen Jemima.

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[CDeanWatcher]

Could you upload the whole show, please - or at least those scenes with Simon Lack!

[MegaHockeypuck1]

She ' d be a hundred , and she ' d still be hot , she is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­ce !

[knightleyemma]

Wow... she was SOOO young! And what does someone's butt have to do w/ good acting?

[Beamer1992]

Can I have this woman ??? :D

[ovimavi]

When she bends down, I thought she had the butt as big as if she was a dominican mulatta. Helen, are you sure you're russian? :)

But what a talented actress. Loved this scene.

Thanks for posting!

[nimium1955]

Did Julia Foster do some borrowing from this for her Margaret in Henry VI?

[PleiadesSeven]

How I love this play.

[PleiadesSeven]

Can I have this bedroom?