posted
Apr 15, 2014
The Other Bloomsday 2014 - Press Release
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Chapter 1, “Telemachus”, and Chapter 4, “Calypso”,
adapted from the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses,
on 2pm on Sunday, June 15th, 2014,
at The Seattle Central Library,
1000 Fourth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Map.
Donations towards costs of posters and props are welcome.
Each year, the Wild Geese Players stage a public reading to commemorate
this classic novel, which takes place entirely on June 16, 1904, also
known as Bloomsday. The readings started in 1998, and we have now
completed the entire novel, last year reaching the climax with the
concluding chapter - Molly Bloom’s soliloquy.
This year, the cycle begins again. We’ll be reading the 1st and 4th
chapters (known as Telemachus and Calypso), which are concurrent in the
novel. We’ll begin with a brief introduction and explanation of the
analogs to Homer’s Odyssey. While Ulysses is famously controversial,
difficult and lengthy, we’ve great success offering it in small, more
easily digested bites.
The Wild Geese Players stage readings of Irish literature, by writers
such as James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, throughout the Seattle area. We are
a diverse group of people with an interest in Irish literature, and most
of us are either Irish-born or have Irish connections. More generally,
the Wild Geese refers to the Irish diaspora, after the original Wild
Geese, exiled Irish soldiers and their descendants who served in
European armies in the 16th–18th centuries.
The reading is expected to take about 100 minutes.
Contact: www.WildGeeseSeattle.org |
WildGeeseSeattle@gmail.com
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posted
Apr 15, 2013
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Chapter 18, “Penelope” aka Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy,
adapted from the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses,
on 3pm on Sunday, June 16th, 2013, at
The Elliott Bay Book Company,
1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Map.
Donations towards costs of posters and props are welcome.
We had a successful reading of the Ithaca chapter last year.
Our annual Bloomsday readings started in 1998
and this year we conclude Ulysses with the Penelope chapter.
Penelope — Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy
In Ithaca, the previous chapter of Ulysses,
Leopold Bloom climbed into bed after a drunken night with Stephen Dedalus,
waking his wife, Molly.
Bloom fell asleep but Molly lies awake in the bed.
We are treated to Molly’s innermost thoughts and ramblings,
rendered as a stream of consciousness,
as she recalls her youth in Gibraltar and her present day in Dublin,
the loves of her life and the consummation of her affair with Blazes Boylan,
her lusts and female woes,
and her wry affection for her exasperating husband, Poldy.
Molly is funny and foul-mouthed, frank and earthy, and caustic yet romantic.
We’re looking forward to reading her story, and to seeing you listen to us.
Bring your Dad for Father’s Day.
On-street parking is free on Sundays.
Walk to the back of Elliott Bay Books
and down the stairs to find the reading room.
Please arrive before 3pm to find a seat.
The reading will take roughly two-and-a-half hours.
Poster
We encourage you to download Ellen Coyle’s
Penelope poster
(JPEG, 1.6MB) and post it around town.
Commentary
Some commentary on the Penelope chapter:
Press Release
This is our sixteenth year of Bloomsday readings.
(Press Release).
Other Events
See our archives for details of our previous readings.
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posted
Apr 15, 2013
The Other Bloomsday 2013 - Press Release
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Chapter 18, “Penelope” aka Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy,
adapted from the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses,
on 3pm on Sunday, June 16th, 2013,
at The Elliott Bay Book Company,
1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122.
Donations towards costs of posters and props are welcome.
It’s 2am on June 17th, 1904, and Molly Bloom lies awake in the bed. We
are treated to Molly’s innermost thoughts and ramblings, rendered as a
stream of consciousness, as she recalls her youth in Gibraltar and her
present day in Dublin, the loves of her life and the consummation of her
affair with Blazes Boylan, her lusts and female woes, and her wry
affection for her exasperating husband, Leopold Bloom.
Molly is funny and foul-mouthed, frank and earthy, and caustic yet
romantic. We’re looking forward to reading her story, and to seeing you
listen to us.
The Wild Geese have been staging readings of Ulysses and other Irish
literature in Seattle since 1998. We are a diverse group of people with
an interest in Irish literature, and most of us are either Irish-born or
have Irish connections. More generally, Wild Geese refers to the Irish
diaspora, after the
original Wild
Geese, exiled
Irish soldiers and their descendants who served in European armies in
the 16th–18th centuries.
Contact: www.WildGeeseSeattle.org |
WildGeeseSeattle@gmail.com
Promo video for Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy
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posted
Apr 15, 2012
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
Chapter 17, “Ithaca”, adapted from
the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses,
on Saturday, June 16th, 7–9:30pm,
at Couth Buzzard Books,
8310 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103.
Donations towards costs of room rental, posters, and props are welcome.
We had a successful reading of the Eumaeus chapter last year.
We continue with the Ithaca chapter this year.
Ithaca
In the previous chapter, Eumaeus,
Leopold Bloom took a very drunken Stephen Dedalus to a cabman’s shelter
to sober up over a cup of coffee.
Bloom returns home to 7 Eccles Street with Stephen, around 2am.
The two men discuss a wide variety of topics.
The episode is written in the form of a rigidly organized catechism,
and was reportedly Joyce’s favorite episode in the novel.
The style is that of a scientific inquiry,
with questions furthering the narrative.
The deep descriptions range from questions of astronomy to the trajectory of urination.
Read the text of the chapter here.
Some commentary on the Ithaca chapter:
We encourage you to download Ellen Coyle’s
Ithaca poster
(PDF, 1.3MB) and post it around town.
Other Events
See our archives for details of our previous readings.
Click to read and post comments
