posted
Apr 15, 2007
The Other Bloomsday 2007 - Press Release
Now that the excitement of the Joycean Bloomsday Centenary has passed
the Wild Geese Players of Seattle still continue their Joycean journey
(as ever kindly supported by the Irish Heritage Club). This is the tenth
year that they are presenting staged readings of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
In this year we find the story at Chapter 13, Nausikaa. It is 8pm on a
mid-June afternoon, and Leopold Bloom and young Gerty MacDowell are
eyeing each other at a distance on a Dublin beach.
SATURDAY JUNE 16TH
Location TBD
DONATIONS AT THE DOOR
Further Information:
www.wildgeeseseattle.org
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posted
Apr 15, 2006
James Joyce’s novel Ulysses takes place on June 16th, 1904.
It follows the wanderings of Leopold Bloom, a Jewish everyman,
and Stephen Dedalus, a young writer and Joyce’s alter ego,
as they wander the streets of Dublin.
The centenary of Bloomsday,
June 16th, 2004, was celebrated
worldwide.
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle will present a staged reading of
chapter 12, “Cyclops”, adapted from the 1922 edition of Ulysses.
The reading will take place at
F.X. McRory’s on Fri 16th June 2006 at 8pm.
Map
2005 Rehearsal
Back: Joe Martin, Bill Barnes, Joseph Ryan, Ciaran O’Mahony.
Front: Niall McDonnell, Jim McDermott, Scott McKinstry.
We hope that Congressman Jim McDermott
will once again read the part of Leopold Bloom.
Entrance is free, but donations are appreciated.
Further background information on the Cyclops chapter can be found at
the Kennesaw guide to Ulysses
and the Joyce portal.
Or read the text of the chapter here.
Other Events
See our archives for details of our previous readings.
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posted
Apr 15, 2006
The Other Bloomsday 2006 - Press Release
Now that the excitement of the Joycean Bloomsday Centenary has passed
the Wild Geese Players of Seattle still continue their Joycean journey
(as ever kindly supported by the Irish Heritage Club). This is the ninth
year that they are presenting staged readings of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
In this year we find the story at Chapter 12, The Sirens. It is 5 pm on
a mid-June afternoon and the Dublin characters gather at Barney
Kiernan’s pub. Leopold Bloom joins the Citizen and a crowd of others, as
they discuss the state of the world.
FRIDAY JUNE 16TH, 8PM
F.X. McRORY’S,
OCCIDENTAL & KING, PIONEER SQUARE,
DONATIONS AT THE DOOR
Further Information:
www.wildgeeseseattle.org
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posted
Oct 15, 2005
Press Release
The Wild Geese Players of Seattle present a fun-filled evening of
Dueling Poets!
Nobel prize winner William Butler Yeats’ verses will compete with the
verse of New World pretender, Walt Whitman! The Yeats team is in the
capable hands of Dramaturg Ciaran O’Mahony, and includes Bill Barnes,
Lynn Carrigan, Joe Martin, and George Reilly, and Helen Anne ?. The
plucky Whitman team Dramaturg is Scott Mc Kinstry, aided by Michael
Green, Nancy Mills, Kieran O’Malley, Emma Bartholomew, and A.N. Other!!
The poetry and dramatic presentations will be judged by an estimable
panel of experts led by Frank Maloney.
We have invited fencers from the Academia della Spada to begin the event
with a dueling demonstration. The Academia della Spada, formed in
Seattle in 1999 by Academy Master Cecil Longino, teaches 16th century
sword-fighting techniques from early fighting manuals and treatises. For
more information on their rapier and backsword curricula and classes,
see their website at
www.academiadellaspada.com.
All this, and more, will take place on:
Friday November 18th, 2005 at 8pm
University of Washington Faculty Club,
Colleen Rohrbaugh room (formerly Music room)
(Map)
Pre-show musical entertainment by Lyndol Pullen!
Post-show reception, with Guinness, Harp, Irish coffee, and craic!
Donations for the Wild Geese will gratefully be accepted at the door
Feel free to download and post our flyer (1.1MB).
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