The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Episode 13, “Nausicaa”,
adapted from the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Our annual reading will be presented in-person (most likely)
at location TBD on date TBD (either the weekend of June 11th or June 18th).
Bloomsday (Bloom’s day, named for Ulysses’ main character, Leopold Bloom)
refers to the 24-hour period on June 16, 1904
in which Ulysses is set.
Joyce’s ground-breaking novel follows the wanderings of Bloom, a Jewish everyman,
and Stephen Dedalus, a young writer and Joyce’s alter ego,
as they wander the streets of Dublin.
Join us for Episode 13, Nausicaa, where it is 8pm on Sandymount Beach,
and Leopold Bloom is exchanging meaningful glances with Gerty MacDowell.
On 2 February 1882, in the Dublin suburb of Rathgar,
a son was given unto John and May Joyce.
James Joyce celebrated his 40th birthday in Paris on 2 February 1922
by receiving the first printed copy of his novel Ulysses.
There are many events, books, and articles marking the centenary of the publication of Ulysses.
Shakespeare and Company are creating an ensemble celebrity reading
that will be released as a podcast from 2 February to 16 June.
Cambridge University Press have created the U22 podcast.
No Man: George Reilly Leopold Bloom: Leon Mattigosh Citizen: Mark Gunning Garryowen: Wendy Joseph Joe Hynes: Joseph Ryan Terry O’Ryan: Roger Berger Alf Bergan: Maura Donegan Bob Doran: Bill Barnes Lt. Col. Tomlinson: Lynne Compton Mr Conacre: Claudia Finn Mr Allfours: Aly Gardner-Shelby Mr O’Reilly: Iain Edgewater Speaker: Roger Berger Mr Staylewit: Irene Calvo J.J. O’Molloy: Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh Ned Lambert: Lynne Compton John Wyse Nolan: Irene Calvo Lenehan: Wendy Joseph Martin Cunningham: Claudia Finn Crofton: Iain Edgewater Mr Power: Aly Gardner-Shelby Ragamuffin: Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh
Narrators: Lynne Compton, Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh, Maura Donegan,
Irene Calvo, Claudia Finn, Roger Berger, Aly Gardner-Shelby,
Iain Edgewater, Wendy Joseph, Bill Barnes, Leon Mattigosh,
Joseph Ryan, George Reilly.
Director: George Reilly Script: George Reilly Poster: Leon Mattigosh Video Editing: Helen Brew Introduction: Roger Berger Publicity: Claudia Finn, George Reilly Website: George Reilly
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Chapter 12, “Cyclops”,
adapted from the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Our annual reading will be presented online
and available for all to stream on Bloomsday, June 16, 2021
here at WildGeeseSeattle.org.
Update: Here is a four-minute preview of
the video for our Bloomsday 2021 reading of the
Cyclops chapter of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Bloomsday (Bloom’s day, named for Ulysses’ main character, Leopold Bloom)
refers to the 24-hour period on June 16, 1904
in which Ulysses is set.
Joyce’s ground-breaking novel follows the wanderings of Bloom, a Jewish everyman,
and Stephen Dedalus, a young writer and Joyce’s alter ego,
as they wander the streets of Dublin.
Join us online for Chapter 12, Cyclops, where it is 5pm
and a variety of Dublin characters take up space in Barney Kiernan’s pub
on Little Britain Street.
Join Leopold Bloom (an outsider),
the Citizen (a xenophobe),
Garryowen (a cur),
the Narrator (a curmudgeon),
Joe Hynes (a ne’er-do-well),
Alf Bergan (a drinker),
Bob Doran (a drunk),
Terry (a barman),
and others
at the bar
for conversation and flights of fantasy.
