ABSTRACT
The Bagman is a witty, precise, imaginative, and very painful statement about the state of mind Arden found himself in during 1969. It is a story told by a Narrator, who introduces himself in the opening sequence: John Arden (thirty-eight) of ancient family, Writer of plays for all the world to see, To see, and pay for, and to denigrate: Such was my work since 1958.
