On 8 May 1899 Joyce attended the first performance of WB Yeats’ play The Countess Cathleen. The first performance of Yeats’ play The Countess Cathleen took place in the Antient Concert Rooms on Brunswick Street on 8 May 1899. Florence Farr played the part of the poet Aleel, May Whitty played the Countess, and Anna […]
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On this day…26 March
On 26 March 1903 Joyce’s review of Lady Gregory’s book was published. The review, entitled ‘The Soul of Ireland,’ was published in the Dublin Daily Express on 26 March 1903. Normally, the name of the reviewer was not published in the paper, but in this case the editor of the Daily Express made an exception […]
On this day…6 March
On 6 March 1903 Synge arrived in Paris. Synge had come to Paris in March 1903 to quit the apartment he had been keeping at 90 rue d’Assass. He stayed for only a week, but he and Joyce met frequently during that week. Before Joyce left Dublin for Paris in December 1902, Lady Gregory […]
On this day…5 March
On 5 March 1903 EV Longworth sends books to Joyce for review. Longworth was the editor of a newspaper group that included the Dublin Daily Express. Joyce, who arrived back in Paris in January 1903, had given up his plan to study medicine there, and hoped instead to earn a living writing book reviews, so […]
On this day…23 December
On 23 December 1902 Joyce met Yeats in London en route back to Dublin for Christmas. After just over two weeks in Paris, Joyce returned to Dublin for Christmas. He met Yeats between trains in London and told him that he was giving up medicine and taking up literature instead. Though his attempt to study […]