The Bagman

The Bagman or The Impromptu Of Muswell Hill is a radio play by John Arden, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1970. It is 1hr 29min in length.

Plot

John Arden has a dream in which he meets an old woman who sells him a canvas bag, "A pig in a poke", he then finds himself transported to a dystopian land where the people are starving while the rich live in idleness and squalor.

Cast

• Narrator(Arden)............Alan Dobie
• The Young Woman............Sheila Allan
• The Old Woman..............Hilda Kreisman
• The Popular Minister.......Geoffrey Matthews
• The Unpopular Minister.....Hector Ross
• The King...................Austin Trevor
• The Queen..................Margaret Wolfit
• The Ambassador.............Peter Pratt

with

• Maddie Head
• Sonia Frazer
• Sean Barrett
• Wilfred Carter
• John Rye
• David Spenser
• Leonard Fenton
• Kerry Francis

Music and Special Effects by the Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Directed by Martin Esslin