James Joyce's Dublin

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Cast Size

3w, 8m
Subgenre

Biography
Target Audience

Adult, Senior

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Summary

This extraordinary portrait of Joyce reveals an Irish lad reared by a loving mother and a father proud of his status and middle class proprieties. He was educated at private schools until bad times forced the family to move often, leaving a trail of unpaid rents. At this time Joyce encountered his first sexual temptations and made his choice between chastity and concupiscence. Here are the characters he wrote about: the Dubliners and those who peopled his self portrait of the artist as a young man.

History

James Joyce's Dublin premiered at the Roundabout Theatre in Manhattan. It was directed by Gene Feist.

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Performing Groups

MARY JANE MURRAY JOYCE - a frail, pretty woman in her late 40s.
KATHLEEN MURRAY - a wide-eyed, blonde, Irish beauty.
MRS. JOSEPHINE MURRAY - a large, buxom woman.
WILLIAM MURRAY - a stout, self-satisfied man in his 60s.
STANISLAUS JOYCE - age ranges from 20s to mid 30s.
MR. D'ARCY - Red-haired, pug-faced, outgoing.
JIMMY JOYCE - Act one, Teenager.
JAMES JOYCE - Act two, mid-20s.
JOHN JOYCE - mid to late 50s.
MR. HOLOHAN - arrogant, pugnacious, in his 50s.
MR. FITZPATRICK - an elfin man in his 70s.
RILEY - a musician.
FATHER CONMEE - the Rector of Clongowes School.
STANTON - good-natured upperclassman.
MR. DEMPSEY - a church deacon.
GALLAGHER - flashy, man-about-town.
MISS PARKER - thinn-lipped spinster.
MR. ALLEYNE - snobbish, book-keeping office manager.
BROTHER KENNY - young Christian brother.
CELIA - uneducated country girl.
BARTENDER - genial, competent man who knows his place.
MUSICIAN
MAN (STRANGER) - middle-class grocer.
PRIEST (CAPUCHINE) - an over-worked, disillusioned parish priest.
BUTCHER BOY - tough, arrogant, guttersnipe.
SHEEHY - Penny-pinching slum lord.
MATT CALLAHAN - young party hack.
OLD JACK - a caretaker and political sycophant.
HENCHY - a political hack and yes man.
MIKE O'BRIEN - simple country boy.
WOMAN SINGER - red-haired, drinking woman.
DOWN - business-like owner of a high class pub.
DODD - drinkin friend of James.
YOUNG WOMAN - kitchen maid.

Actors to play 32 roles

Time Period Contemporary
Setting All scenes take place in and about Dublin.
Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Additional Features Play w/ Music
Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Sensitive, satiric, warm, ironic study... It captures Joyce with love and fidelity." - Record "Goes straight to the heart of the early life of James Joyce." - NYC News "If you are a true devotee of the theatre, this is a play you cannot miss... A charming, nostalgic, extraordinarily humorous play. Add to this several totally delightful Irish songs... Completely entertaining." - WHBI Radio

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