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

James Joyce's Ulysses: Part 2: From Bloom's House, through the Morning Streets, to a Funeral

Part 2: From Bloom's House, through the Morning Streets, to a Funeral

16/06/2012

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

Leopold Bloom 'eats with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls' and cooks himself a pork kidney for breakfast. Molly receives a letter from her concert promoter.

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').

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