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Ulysses - James Joyce

RTÉ Radio 1www.rte.ie
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is one of the most important works of modernist literature. The book chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 June 1904 (the day of Joyce's first date with his future wife, Nora Barnacle). In 1982 RTÉ Radio celebrated the centenary of Joyce's birth with a dramatised full production of 'Ulysses'; this broadcast is now considered one of the definitive adaptations of the book. See RTE.ie/ulysses for more.
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Episodes

Episode 5 - Lotus Eaters

Bloom goes to the Post Office on Westland Row and then buys some soap at Sweny's.

Jun 10, 202043 min

Episode 6 - Hades

Bloom attends the funeral of Paddy Dignam.

Jun 10, 20201 hr 10 min

Episode 7 - Aeolus

At the offices of The Freeman's Journal, Bloom and Stephen cross paths.

Jun 10, 20201 hr 9 min

Episode 11 - Sirens

There is music at the Ormond Hotel where Bloom stops for food.

Jun 10, 20201 hr 38 min

Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun

Bloom goes to visit Mina Purefoy at Holles Street Hospital, and then joins the Medical Students.

Jun 10, 20202 hr 21 min

Episode 16 - Eumaeus

A sober Bloom looks after a drunken Stephen at the Cabman's Shelter.

Jun 10, 20202 hr 14 min

Episode 17 - Ithaca

Bloom and Stephen go back to Eccles Street where they talk.

Jun 10, 20202 hr 37 min

Reading Ulysses: Introduction to Ulysses

Joseph O'Connor, Edna O'Brien and Gerry O'Flaherty recall the events and characters of this day and explore why James Joyce's fictionalised events of an ordinary day should become such a literary masterpiece.

May 29, 202029 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 9 - Scylla and Charybdis

Discussions about Shakespeare at the National Library. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202027 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 8 - Lestrygonians

Blooms eats lunch in Davy Byrnes. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202026 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 7 - Aeolus

At the offices of The Freeman's Journal, Bloom and Stephen cross paths. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202028 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 6 - Hades

Bloom Attends the funeral of Paddy Dignam. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202025 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 5 - Lotus Eaters

Bloom goes to the Post Office on Westland Row and then buys some soap at Sweny's. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202027 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 4 - Calypso

Blooms has breakfast at 7 Eccles Street. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202027 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 3 - Proteus

Stephen walks along Sandymount Strand. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202026 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 2 - Nestor

Stephen teaches in Dalkey. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202026 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 1 - Telemachus

Stephen breakfasts at the Tower in Sandycove. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202027 min

Reading Ulysses: Episode 18 - Penelope

Molly Bloom recalls her day. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

May 29, 202027 min
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