Bloomsday — Seattle 2022

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. This year marks the centenary of the publication of Ulysses in 1922.

Our 25th annual reading will take place at 2:30 pm on June 16, 2022 at the
Ballard Branch of the Seattle Public Library,
5614 22nd Ave NW,
Seattle, WA 98107.

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.

Script

Read along with the script. Adapted by George Reilly and Helen Bloom from the Project Gutenberg text.

Press Release

This is our twenty-fifth year of Bloomsday readings. (Press Release).

Commentary on Nausicaa

• Text of Episode 13
• The Joyce Project: Nausicaa
• Ulysses Guide
• Kennesaw Guide
• Cliff Notes
• Sparknotes
• The Joyce Portal
• The Sheila Variations
• Joyce Images
• Paul Debraski
• Shmoop Summary and Analysis
• Groden Notes
• Joyce’s Moraculous Sindbook: Suzette Henke — “Nausicaa”: Romantic Fantasy; “Oxen of the Sun”: Procreative Fantasy
• The Modern Word
• James Joyce’s Ulysses: Where It’s Always June 16, 1904 and Nausicaa II
• RTÉ 25-hour broadcast of Ulysses

Other Wild Geese Events

See our archives for details of our previous readings.

2022 Bloomsday Press Release

25th Annual Staged Reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses

The Wild Geese Players of Seattle join Bloomsday celebrations across the globe honoring Ulysses’ author James Joyce. This year marks the centenary of the publication of Ulysses in 1922.

For our 25th annual reading, we’ll present Episode 13, Nausicaa, at 2:30 pm on June 16, 2022 at the Ballard Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107.

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. In Episode 13, “Nausicaa”, it is 8pm on Sandymount Beach, and Leopold Bloom is exchanging meaningful glances with Gerty MacDowell.

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.

For more information, visit the Wild Geese Players’ website www.WildGeeseSeattle.org, like our Facebook group, or follow @WildGeeseSea on Twitter.

Contacts:
Director: George Reilly WildGeeseSeattle@gmail.com
Publicity: Claudia Finn cfinnseattle@gmail.com

Ulysses at 100

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.
• Daniel Mulhall, the Irish ambassador to the US, just published Ulysses: a Reader’s Odyssey, as well as an opinion piece on Bloom as an ambassador for our day.
• James Joyce’s Dublin, A Topographical Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses has been released as a non-profit PDF.
• Anne Enright considers Ulysses to be dangerous, voyeuristic, transgressive, exciting.
• The Museum of Literature Ireland has developed the Ulysses100 digital platform.
• The Irish Times’ take on the centenary.

The Wild Geese Players of Seattle are sitting out this week’s events, but we’ll be back in June for a Bloomsday reading.