Ulysses - James Joyce
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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Show overview
Ulysses - James Joyce has published 38 episodes during 2020. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 27 min and 1h 23m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-IE-language Arts show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 5.9 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by RTÉ.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
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Episode 1 - Telemachus
Stephen breakfasts at the Tower in Sandycove.
Episode 2 - Nestor
Stephen teaches in Dalkey.
Episode 3 - Proteus
Stephen walks along Sandymount Strand.
Episode 4 - Calypso
Bloom has breakfast at 7 Eccles Street.
Episode 5 - Lotus Eaters
Bloom goes to the Post Office on Westland Row and then buys some soap at Sweny's.
Episode 6 - Hades
Bloom attends the funeral of Paddy Dignam.
Episode 7 - Aeolus
At the offices of The Freeman's Journal, Bloom and Stephen cross paths.
Episode 8 - Lestrygonians
Bloom eats lunch in Davy Byrnes.
Episode 9 - Scylla and Charybdis
Discussions about Shakespeare at the National Library.
Episode 10 - Wandering Rocks
Dublin's citizens go about their day.
Episode 11 - Sirens
There is music at the Ormond Hotel where Bloom stops for food.
Episode 12 - Cyclops
The Citizen holds fort in Barney Kiernan's Pub.
Episode 13 - Nausicaa
Bloom watches Gerty MacDowell on Sandymount Strand.
Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun
Bloom goes to visit Mina Purefoy at Holles Street Hospital, and then joins the Medical Students.
Episode 15 - Circe
Stephen and Bloom go to Nighttown.
Episode 16 - Eumaeus
A sober Bloom looks after a drunken Stephen at the Cabman's Shelter.
Episode 17 - Ithaca
Bloom and Stephen go back to Eccles Street where they talk.
Episode 18 - Penelope
Molly Bloom recalls her day.
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.)
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.)