James Joyce's Ulysses

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Part 1a: On The Martello Tower

20120616

Stately plump' Buck Mulligan calls Stephen Dedalus to the top of the Martello tower overlooking Dublin Bay - and so begins James Joyce's celebrated account of the 16th June 1904. The combined stories of Stephen and Leopold Bloom as they meander through the city. In a landmark project a new dramatisation of Ulysses is broadcast across one day - morning, afternoon and evening. With live commentary from Mark Lawson, broadcasting from Dublin. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott

Malachi 'Buck' Mulligan...Kevin Trainor

Haines...Harry Livingstone

Mary Dedalus...Janet Moran

Young Man...Ronan Raftery

Singer Daire Halpin

Pianist Colin Guthrie

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Claire Grove

(Ulysses chapter 'Telemachus').

8.00am on the 16th June 1904. Stephen Dedalus looks out over Dublin Bay.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 1b: The Martello Tower

20120616

8.15 am and Stephen Dedalus breakfasts with Mulligan and the Englishman Haines before walking out along the strand to the swimming place at Forty Foot hole. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott

Malachi Mulligan...Kevin Trainor

Haines...Harry Livingstone

Young Man...Ronan Raftery

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapter 'Telemachus').

8.15am. Stephen, Mulligan and Haines share breakfast before a walk along the strand.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 1c: At School

20120616

Stephen Dedalus collects his wages from Headmaster Deasy, who wants Stephen to deliver a letter about the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease to the editor of the Evening Telegraph. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Stephen Dedalus... Andrew Scott

Mr Deasy...Jim Norton

Sargent...Joshua Ellershaw

Usher...Aidan Dunlop

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapter 'Nestor').

10.00am. Stephen collects his wages from the headmaster, Mr Deasy.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 2: From Bloom's House, Through The Morning Streets, To A Funeral

20120616

7 Eccles Street, Dublin. The home of Leopold and Marion (Molly) Bloom. Bloom, we are told, 'eats with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls' and cooks himself a pork kidney for breakfast. While Molly receives a letter from her concert promoter Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan who has arranged to visit her later in the day. Bloom prepares to attend Paddy Dignam's funeral at Glasnevin cemetery. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman

Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack

Milly Bloom...Grainne Keenan

Martin Cunningham...Stephen Hogan

Simon Dedalus...Des McAleer

Martha Clifford... Christine Absalom

With Pip Donaghy, Jonathan Forbes, Peter Hamilton Dyer

Gerard McDermott, John Rogan

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapters 'Calypso' 'Lotus Eaters', and 'Hades').

8.00am. Leopold Bloom cooks himself a pork kidney for breakfast.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 3: From The Beach, To A Newspaper Office, Into Davy Byrne's Pub

20120616

11.00 am Stephen walks on Sandymount Strand before visiting the offices of the Evening Telegraph, where he catches a glimpse of advertising salesman Leopold Bloom. Stephen takes the Editor out for a drink, while Bloom slips into Davy Byrne's pub for a cheese sandwich. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman

Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack

Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott

Simon Dedalus...Des McAleer

Miles Crawford...Jonathan Forbes

Dilly Dedalus...Bronagh Taggart

Blazes Boylan...Sean Campion

Josie Breen...Grainne Keenan

Bantam Lyons...John Rogan

With Christine Absalom, Pip Donaghy, Aidan Dunlop, Peter Hamilton Dyer,

Stephen Hogan, Gerard McDermott, Ronan Raftery

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapters 'Proteus' 'Aeolus' and 'Lestrygonians').

11.00am. Stephen walks on Sandymount Strand.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 4: The Library, Through The Lunchtime Streets, To The Ormond Hotel

20120616

Stephen tries to get commissioned for an article at the National Library, while Leopold Bloom takes lunch at the Ormond Hotel and listens to Simon Dedalus and Benjamin Dollard sing at the piano. It is mid-afternoon and Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan is on his way to his adulterous assignation with Molly Bloom in Eccles Street. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman

Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott

Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack

Simon Dedalus...Des McAleer

Richard Best...John Rogan

John Eglinton...Peter Hamilton Dyer

Malachi Mulligan...Kevin Trainor

Patrick Dignam...Joshua Ellershaw

Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan...Sean Campion

Lenehan...Lorcan Cranitch

Benjamin Dollard...Gerard McDermott

Martin Cunningham...Stephen Hogan

Miss Kennedy...Denise Gough

Miss Douce...Bronagh Taggart

With Aidan Dunlop, Peter Hamilton Dyer,

Jonathan Forbes, Grainne Keenan,

Harry Livingstone

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapters 'Scylla and Charybdis', 'Wandering Rocks' and 'The Sirens').

Stephen, seeking paid work, explains his theory of Hamlet at the National Library.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 5: In Barney Kiernan's Pub

20120616

Bloom gets into an argument with the 'Citizen' which climaxes in mock-heroic battle, when Bloom makes a dignified retreat and his opponent flings a biscuit tin after him. This episode is narrated by an anonymous crony of the 'Citizen', an anti-Semitic Nationalist bigot. Repulsive as he is, he provides an opportunity for Bloom to show his true heroism by arguing against prejudice and preaching a doctrine of love and understanding. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman

Citizen...Pip Donaghy

Unnamed Narrator...Jim Norton

Joe Hynes...John Rogan

Terry O'Ryan, Martin Cunningham...Stephen Hogan

Alf Bergan...Ronan Raftery

Lenehan...Lorcan Cranitch

Directed by Jonquil Panting

Produced by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapter 'Cyclops').

5.00pm. Bloom has an argument with the Citizen which climaxes in a mock-heroic battle.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 6: From Sandymount Beach At Evening, To The Maternity Hospital, And Into Nighttown

20120616

Bloom cannot go home. For he knows that Molly has an adulterous appointment with Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan. So he stands on the beach at nightfall watching Gerty MacDowell enjoy the fireworks. Meanwhile, at the maternity hospital in Holles Street, Mina Purefoy is still struggling - after three days - to give birth. Near the ward, Stephen Dedalus joins a raucous group of medical students and Bloom joins the party, which then moves off to Bella Cohen's brothel. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Contains strong language.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman

Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott

Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack

Bella Cohen...Frances Barber

Gerty MacDowell...Denise Gough

Cissy Caffrey, Nurse Callan...Bronagh Taggart

Edy Boardman...Grainne Keenan

Tommy...Aidan Dunlop

Lenehan...Lorcan Cranitch

Malachi Mulligan...Kevin Trainor

Private Compton...Peter Hamilton Dyer

Private Carr...Ronan Raftery

Rudolph Bloom... Pip Donaghy

Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan... Sean Campion

Zoe... Susie Riddell

With Christine Absalom, Aidan Dunlop,

Jonathan Forbes, Stephen Hogan

John Rogan, Harry Livingstone,

Gerard McDermott, Janet Moran

Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Jonquil Panting

Produced by Jeremy Mortimer

(Ulysses chapters 'Nausicaa', The Oxen of the Sun', 'Circe', 'Eumaeus').

Between 8.00pm and the hour after midnight. Bloom rescues Stephen from a street brawl.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Part 7: From A Cabman's Shelter, To Eccles Street And Home

20120616

Bloom takes Stephen home, and gives him a cup of cocoa. They talk, relieve themselves in the garden, and go their separate ways. Bloom joins Molly in bed, home at last. In her bed, Molly Bloom lies and muses, reliving the afternoon's sexual encounter with Blazes Boylan, and winding up all the threads and themes of the day. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Contains very strong language.

Narrator...Stephen Rea

Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman

Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott

Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack

Dilly Dedalus...Bronagh Taggart

Sinbad...Pip Donaghy

With Peter Hamilton Dyer, Stephen Hogan

Gerard McDermott, Ronan Raftery

Singer Daire Halpin

Pianist Colin Guthrie

Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Claire Grove

(Ulysses chapters 'Eumaeus', 'Ithaca', and 'Penelope').

It is well after midnight when Bloom takes Stephen home and offers him cocoa.

~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Part 1a: On The Martello Tower	20120616	Stately plump' Buck Mulligan calls Stephen Dedalus to the top of the Martello tower overlooking Dublin Bay - and so begins James Joyce's celebrated account of the 16th June 1904. The combined stories of Stephen and Leopold Bloom as they meander through the city. In a landmark project a new dramatisation of Ulysses is broadcast across one day - morning, afternoon and evening. With live commentary from Mark Lawson, broadcasting from Dublin. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrator...Stephen Rea Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott Malachi 'Buck' Mulligan...Kevin Trainor Haines...Harry Livingstone Mary Dedalus...Janet Moran Young Man...Ronan Raftery Singer Daire Halpin Pianist Colin Guthrie Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer Executive Producer Claire Grove (Ulysses chapter 'Telemachus'). 8.00am on the 16th June 1904. Stephen Dedalus looks out over Dublin Bay. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
02	Part 1b: The Martello Tower	20120616	8.15 am and Stephen Dedalus breakfasts with Mulligan and the Englishman Haines before walking out along the strand to the swimming place at Forty Foot hole. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrator...Stephen Rea Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott Malachi Mulligan...Kevin Trainor Haines...Harry Livingstone Young Man...Ronan Raftery Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapter 'Telemachus'). 8.15am. Stephen, Mulligan and Haines share breakfast before a walk along the strand. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
03	Part 1c: At School	20120616	Stephen Dedalus collects his wages from Headmaster Deasy, who wants Stephen to deliver a letter about the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease to the editor of the Evening Telegraph. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrator...Stephen Rea Stephen Dedalus... Andrew Scott Mr Deasy...Jim Norton Sargent...Joshua Ellershaw Usher...Aidan Dunlop Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapter 'Nestor'). 10.00am. Stephen collects his wages from the headmaster, Mr Deasy. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
04	Part 2: From Bloom's House, Through The Morning Streets, To A Funeral	20120616	7 Eccles Street, Dublin. The home of Leopold and Marion (Molly) Bloom. Bloom, we are told, 'eats with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls' and cooks himself a pork kidney for breakfast. While Molly receives a letter from her concert promoter Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan who has arranged to visit her later in the day. Bloom prepares to attend Paddy Dignam's funeral at Glasnevin cemetery. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrator...Stephen Rea Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack Milly Bloom...Grainne Keenan Martin Cunningham...Stephen Hogan Simon Dedalus...Des McAleer Martha Clifford... Christine Absalom With Pip Donaghy, Jonathan Forbes, Peter Hamilton Dyer Gerard McDermott, John Rogan Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapters 'Calypso' 'Lotus Eaters', and 'Hades'). 8.00am. Leopold Bloom cooks himself a pork kidney for breakfast. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
05	Part 3: From The Beach, To A Newspaper Office, Into Davy Byrne's Pub	20120616	11.00 am Stephen walks on Sandymount Strand before visiting the offices of the Evening Telegraph, where he catches a glimpse of advertising salesman Leopold Bloom. Stephen takes the Editor out for a drink, while Bloom slips into Davy Byrne's pub for a cheese sandwich. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrator...Stephen Rea Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott Simon Dedalus...Des McAleer Miles Crawford...Jonathan Forbes Dilly Dedalus...Bronagh Taggart Blazes Boylan...Sean Campion Josie Breen...Grainne Keenan Bantam Lyons...John Rogan With Christine Absalom, Pip Donaghy, Aidan Dunlop, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Stephen Hogan, Gerard McDermott, Ronan Raftery Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapters 'Proteus' 'Aeolus' and 'Lestrygonians'). 11.00am. Stephen walks on Sandymount Strand. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
06	Part 4: The Library, Through The Lunchtime Streets, To The Ormond Hotel	20120616	Stephen tries to get commissioned for an article at the National Library, while Leopold Bloom takes lunch at the Ormond Hotel and listens to Simon Dedalus and Benjamin Dollard sing at the piano. It is mid-afternoon and Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan is on his way to his adulterous assignation with Molly Bloom in Eccles Street. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrator...Stephen Rea Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack Simon Dedalus...Des McAleer Richard Best...John Rogan John Eglinton...Peter Hamilton Dyer Malachi Mulligan...Kevin Trainor Patrick Dignam...Joshua Ellershaw Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan...Sean Campion Lenehan...Lorcan Cranitch Benjamin Dollard...Gerard McDermott Martin Cunningham...Stephen Hogan Miss Kennedy...Denise Gough Miss Douce...Bronagh Taggart With Aidan Dunlop, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Jonathan Forbes, Grainne Keenan, Harry Livingstone Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapters 'Scylla and Charybdis', 'Wandering Rocks' and 'The Sirens'). Stephen, seeking paid work, explains his theory of Hamlet at the National Library. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
07	Part 5: In Barney Kiernan's Pub	20120616	Bloom gets into an argument with the 'Citizen' which climaxes in mock-heroic battle, when Bloom makes a dignified retreat and his opponent flings a biscuit tin after him. This episode is narrated by an anonymous crony of the 'Citizen', an anti-Semitic Nationalist bigot. Repulsive as he is, he provides an opportunity for Bloom to show his true heroism by arguing against prejudice and preaching a doctrine of love and understanding. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman Citizen...Pip Donaghy Unnamed Narrator...Jim Norton Joe Hynes...John Rogan Terry O'Ryan, Martin Cunningham...Stephen Hogan Alf Bergan...Ronan Raftery Lenehan...Lorcan Cranitch Directed by Jonquil Panting Produced by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapter 'Cyclops'). 5.00pm. Bloom has an argument with the Citizen which climaxes in a mock-heroic battle. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
08	Part 6: From Sandymount Beach At Evening, To The Maternity Hospital, And Into Nighttown	20120616	Bloom cannot go home. For he knows that Molly has an adulterous appointment with Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan. So he stands on the beach at nightfall watching Gerty MacDowell enjoy the fireworks. Meanwhile, at the maternity hospital in Holles Street, Mina Purefoy is still struggling - after three days - to give birth. Near the ward, Stephen Dedalus joins a raucous group of medical students and Bloom joins the party, which then moves off to Bella Cohen's brothel. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Contains strong language. Narrator...Stephen Rea Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack Bella Cohen...Frances Barber Gerty MacDowell...Denise Gough Cissy Caffrey, Nurse Callan...Bronagh Taggart Edy Boardman...Grainne Keenan Tommy...Aidan Dunlop Lenehan...Lorcan Cranitch Malachi Mulligan...Kevin Trainor Private Compton...Peter Hamilton Dyer Private Carr...Ronan Raftery Rudolph Bloom... Pip Donaghy Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan... Sean Campion Zoe... Susie Riddell With Christine Absalom, Aidan Dunlop, Jonathan Forbes, Stephen Hogan John Rogan, Harry Livingstone, Gerard McDermott, Janet Moran Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Jonquil Panting Produced by Jeremy Mortimer (Ulysses chapters 'Nausicaa', The Oxen of the Sun', 'Circe', 'Eumaeus'). Between 8.00pm and the hour after midnight. Bloom rescues Stephen from a street brawl. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.
09	Part 7: From A Cabman's Shelter, To Eccles Street And Home	20120616	Bloom takes Stephen home, and gives him a cup of cocoa. They talk, relieve themselves in the garden, and go their separate ways. Bloom joins Molly in bed, home at last. In her bed, Molly Bloom lies and muses, reliving the afternoon's sexual encounter with Blazes Boylan, and winding up all the threads and themes of the day. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Contains very strong language. Narrator...Stephen Rea Leopold Bloom...Henry Goodman Stephen Dedalus...Andrew Scott Molly Bloom...Niamh Cusack Dilly Dedalus...Bronagh Taggart Sinbad...Pip Donaghy With Peter Hamilton Dyer, Stephen Hogan Gerard McDermott, Ronan Raftery Singer Daire Halpin Pianist Colin Guthrie Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer Executive Producer Claire Grove (Ulysses chapters 'Eumaeus', 'Ithaca', and 'Penelope'). It is well after midnight when Bloom takes Stephen home and offers him cocoa. ~James Joyce's Ulysses dramatised by Robin Brooks. Introduced by Mark Lawson.