Written by James Joyce Adapted by Dermot Bolger Directed by Graham McLaren Bloomsday may be over but the Joycean fun doesn’t have to end just yet. The Abbey Theatre’s acclaimed production of Ulysses is running until 21 July, so you’ve still got time to catch this energetic and hilarious production. We’ve got FIVE free […]
June
The Bloomsday Interview: Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman in conversation with Rick O’Shea
On Bloomsday 2016 the James Joyce Centre presented a very special Bloomsday Interview with literary power couple Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman in conversation with RTE’s The Poetry Programme presenter Rick O’Shea. The discussion was held at the O’Reilly Theatre in Joyce’s alma mater Belvedere College, just up the street from the Centre. The conversation on the […]
On this day…30 June
On 30 June 1915 Joyce arrived in Zurich. Having been issued with an exit permit for himself and his family to leave Trieste, Joyce took the train to Switzerland, arriving in Zurich on 30 June 1915. He was to remain in Zurich for the duration of the war, and returned to Trieste only in October […]
On this day…29 June
On 29 June 1923 Joyce arrived in Bognor for a holiday. Joyce stayed in Bognor in the south of England from 29 June to 2 August 1923, and during that time developed some of the early sketches for his new work. At the same time, Harriet Weaver began typing the drafts from Joyce’s manuscripts. Joyce’s […]
On this day…28 June
On 28 June 1908 Joyce announced his plan to sell Irish tweeds in Trieste. In his biography of Joyce, Richard Ellmann claims that as early as 1905 Joyce had the idea of selling Irish tweeds in Trieste, but that it never went any further than an idea. In June 1908, Joyce apparently revived the idea, […]
