The Bagman Stories

The Bagman Stories is a series of Australian radio plays by Ruth Park and D'arcy Niland. They were narrated by swagman who tells stories he has collected during his time on the road. Each radio play included four mystery or ghost stories.

The first in the series was Night Tales of a Bagman. It was very popular and helped launch Park and Niland as radio writers.[1][2]

The producer was John Cairns.

Titles
  1. Night Tales of a Bagman (1943) - it was produced again in 1944 and 1946
  2. The Bagman on the Wallaby (1944) The Man With the Two Shadows, The Swamp, The Green Lizard, and The Phantom Shearer[3]
  3. The Bagman Tells Another (1944) - The miners, The Call, The Face, The Joss House.[4]
  4. The Bagman Camps Again (1945)[5]
    • The Outback Postman Cast:
      • Bagman - Howard Smith  
      • Bert - Bill Akers[6]  
      • Comet - Stewart Ginn  
      • First Man - Rex Holland  
      • Second Man - Arthur Pay  
      • Third Man - Colin Crane  
      • Woman - June Bennett  
      • Flip - Barry Gordon  
      • Florrie - June Brown
    • The Terrified Woman
      • Bagman - Howard Smith  
      • Stumpy - Douglas Kelly  
      • Constable - Sydney Hollister  
      • First Woman - June Bennett  
      • Man - Rex Holland  
      • Sergeant - Frank Gatlift  
      • Second Woman - Patricia Kennedy  
    • The Stone Man
      • Bagman - Howard Smith  
      • Eddie - Colin Crane  
      • Mickey - Stewart Ginn  
      • Old Man - Arthur Pay
    • The Lighthouse
      • Bagman - Howard Smith  
      • Kathie - Marcia Hart  
      • Leo - Frank Gatlift  
      • First and Second Voice, Mills  - Douglas Kelly
  5. The Bagman Boils His Billy (1946) - Sub-titles are The Siding, The Blurry Man, The Fugitive, Morgan’s Mate.
  6. The Bagman Takes it Easy (1948) - The vanishing man, The women at the nine-mile, The clock, The gum-climbers.[7]

References
  1. Park, Ruth. Fishing in the Styx. p. 94-96.
  2. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Combines family and career", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 6 No. 18 (29 April 1944)), nla.obj-1357966024, retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Bush Plays", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 7 No. 5 (3 February 1945)), nla.obj-1323761841, retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Trove
  4. Park, Ruth (1900). "The bagman tells another". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  5. "ABC weekly, Vol. 16 No. 16 (17 April 1954)". Trove. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  6. "No title". Illawarra Daily Mercury. 1954-04-21. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  7. Park, Ruth (1900). "The bagman takes it easy. 1917-1967". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-26.


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