Afternoon Play - The State of the Art

The State of The Art By Iain M. Banks Dramatised by Paul Cornell The Culture ship Arbitrary arrives on Earth in 1977 and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'property' and 'money' and on the edge of self destruction. When Agent Dervley Linter, decides to go native can Diziet Sma change his mind? The Ship ...... Antony Sher Diziet Sma ...... Nina Sosanya Dervley Linter ...... Paterson Joseph Li ...... Graeme Hawley Tel ...... Brigit Forsyth Sodel ...... Conrad Nelson Directed by Nadia Molinari.