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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Episode 2 - Nestor
Stephen teaches in Dalkey.
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Episode 1 - Telemachus
Stephen breakfasts at the Tower in Sandycove.
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Episode 18 - Penelope
Molly Bloom recalls her day.
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Episode 17 - Ithaca
Bloom and Stephen go back to Eccles Street where they talk.
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Episode 16 - Eumaeus
A sober Bloom looks after a drunken Stephen at the Cabman's Shelter.
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Episode 15 - Circe
Stephen and Bloom go to Nighttown.
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Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun
Bloom goes to visit Mina Purefoy at Holles Street Hospital, and then joins the Medical Students.
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Episode 13 - Nausicaa
Bloom watches Gerty MacDowell on Sandymount Strand.
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Episode 12 - Cyclops
The Citizen holds fort in Barney Kiernan's Pub.
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Episode 11 - Sirens
There is music at the Ormond Hotel where Bloom stops for food.
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Episode 9 - Scylla and Charybdis
Discussions about Shakespeare at the National Library.
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Episode 8 - Lestrygonians
Bloom eats lunch in Davy Byrnes.
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Episode 7 - Aeolus
At the offices of The Freeman's Journal, Bloom and Stephen cross paths.
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Episode 6 - Hades
Bloom attends the funeral of Paddy Dignam.
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Episode 5 - Lotus Eaters
Bloom goes to the Post Office on Westland Row and then buys some soap at Sweny's.
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Episode 4 - Calypso
Bloom has breakfast at 7 Eccles Street.
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Episode 3 - Proteus
Stephen walks along Sandymount Strand.
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Episode 10 - Wandering Rocks
Dublin's citizens go about their day.
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Reading Ulysses: Episode 10 - Wandering Rocks
Dublin's citizens go about their day. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce F…
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Reading Ulysses: Episode 11 - Sirens
There is music at the Ormond Hotel where Bloom stops for food. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of…