Let 'Em Eat Cake
by George S Kaufman, George Gershwin, Morrie Ryskind, Ira Gershwin
Synopsis
In this musical sequel to Of Thee I Sing , President Wintergreen is voted out of office by another ineffectual candidate named Tweedledee.
Lacking legal recourse to their woes, the Wintergreens and Alexander Throttlebottom move to New York City and clothe themselves in the blue shirts sewn by Mary.
It seems that having a plethora of blue shirts is just the thing to start a revolution, so the Wintergreens and their former Cabinet Officers march on Washington, overthrow the government and depose Tweedledee.
Wintergreen becomes a dictator and, worse, seems to like it enormously.
However, complete control comes at a price and when the League of Nations descends on The Blue House (as it is now known), complications, as they say, ensue – and Wintergreen is rescued only in the nick of time from execution by a military tribunal.
Publication
Let 'Em Eat Cake is a play written by George S Kaufman and published by Concord Theatricals.
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