“The Apple Cart” is a satirical comedy with a distinctly political direction. It was the first of Shaw's plays, which he himself called "political extravaganzas." Objectively, the new form was due to two circumstances: Shaw’s satire was now directed against the political system and state system of capitalist England. Thus, “The Apple Cart” is a sharp political pamphlet, a grotesque play denouncing bourgeois democracy and depicting the future of England.

The cover design uses a poster by N. P. Akimov for the performance of the same name at the Leningrad State Comedy Theater.