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The State of the Arts

Elvis is struggling to make ends meet as everybody now wants a struggling poet to work for free. With Clarke Peters. From 2015.

Elvis is struggling to make ends meet and his dog Trouble likes meat. To add insult to injury everybody wants a struggling poet to work for free these days. Should he compromise himself artistically? Would anybody notice? Or should he diversify? Even if it means working for local wheeler dealer Mr. Szczypkowsky?

Elvis McGonagall's daft comic world of poems, mad sketches, satire and facetious remarks broadcast from his home in the Graceland Caravan Park just outside Dundee.

Elvis MacGonagall ...... Richard Smith
Narrator ...... Clarke Peters
Susan ...... Susan Morrison
Dexter Clarke ...... Roger Lloyd Thompson

With Lewis MacLeod and Gabriel Quigley.

Written by Elvis McGonagall with Helen Braunholtz-Smith and Frank Stirling.

Director: Frank Stirling

A Unique Broadcasting production for 成人快手 Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2015.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Clarke Peters
Elvis MacGonagall Richard Smith
Susan the Postie Susan Morrison
Actor Lewis MacLeod
Actor Gabriel Quigley
Actor Frank Stirling
Actor Helen Braunholtz-Smith

Broadcasts

  • Wed 9 Sep 2015 23:00
  • Wed 20 Jun 2018 23:15
  • Fri 16 Aug 2019 23:30