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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.
Listen on Apple PodcastsStephen breakfasts at the Tower in Sandycove. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen teaches in Dalkey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen walks along Sandymount Strand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom has breakfast at 7 Eccles Street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom goes to the Post Office on Westland Row and then buys some soap at Sweny's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom attends the funeral of Paddy Dignam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At the offices of The Freeman's Journal, Bloom and Stephen cross paths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom eats lunch in Davy Byrnes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Discussions about Shakespeare at the National Library. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dublin's citizens go about their day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There is music at the Ormond Hotel where Bloom stops for food. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Citizen holds fort in Barney Kiernan's Pub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom watches Gerty MacDowell on Sandymount Strand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom goes to visit Mina Purefoy at Holles Street Hospital, and then joins the Medical Students. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen and Bloom go to Nighttown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A sober Bloom looks after a drunken Stephen at the Cabman's Shelter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloom and Stephen go back to Eccles Street where they talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Molly Bloom recalls her day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the final programme of the 'Reading Ulysses' series, Barry McGovern and Bernard Clarke discuss the music of Ulysses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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