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.
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.
24th Annual Staged Reading / Virtual Bloomsday Celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle
join Bloomsday celebrations across the globe honoring Ulysses’ author James Joyce.
Our annual reading will be presented online
and available for all to stream on Bloomsday, June 16, 2021
at WildGeeseSeattle.org.
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.
Ulysses 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.
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.
Since 1998, The Wild Geese Players of Seattle
have presented staged readings of Irish literature,
by writers such as James Joyce and W.B. Yeats.
The Geese are a diverse group of people
who share an interest in matters Irish.
Some of us were born in Ireland, some have family connections,
but we all enjoy Irish literature.
We believe that poetry and certain novels are best read aloud,
that some works are better heard than read.
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Chapter 11, “Sirens”,
adapted from the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
For the first time ever,
our annual reading will be presented online
and available for all to stream on Bloomsday, June 16, 2020
here at WildGeeseSeattle.org.
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.
Ulysses 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 11, Sirens,
where it is 4 pm
and the Dublin characters gather at the Ormond Hotel
by the banks of the River Liffey.
Leopold Bloom joins Father Cowley, Simon Dedalus, Richie Goulding,
Lenehan, and Ben Dollard among others,
to enjoy an afternoon of songs and music,
with the divine Miss Douce and the comely Miss Kennedy setting the scene.
The Readers
Narrators: Claudia Finn, Irene Calvo, Bruce Greeley, Iain Edgewater
Miss Lydia “Bronze” Douce: Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh
Miss Mina “Gold” Kennedy: Ellen Coyle
Bloom: Maura Donegan
Bloom Interior: Mark Gunning, Maura Donegan
Simon Dedalus: Bill Barnes
Lenehan: Leon Mattigosh
Blazes Boylan: Joseph Ryan
Ben Dollard: Joseph Ryan
Father Cowley: Lynne Compton
George Lidwell: Leon Mattigosh
Richie Goulding: Roger Berger
Boots: Joseph Ryan
Robert Emmet: Bill Barnes
Tom Kernan: Roger Berger
Stripling: Roger Berger
Shopgirl: Ellen Coyle
Conductor: Roger Berger
Production
Co-Director: Lynne Compton
Co-Director: Roger Berger
Script: George Reilly
Recorder: Joseph Ryan
Recording Editor: Helen Brew
Publicity: Claudia Finn, George Reilly
Poster: Ellen Coyle, Leon Mattigosh, Claudia Finn
