Original version

BBC Radio 4 Extra

James Joyce's Ulysses

James Joyce's Ulysses: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - James Joyce's Ulysses, Episode 3

8.00 pm: Bloom spies on Gerty, then rescues Stephen from a brawl outside a brothel

8.00 pm: Bloom spies on Gerty, then rescues Stephen from a brawl outside a brothel. With Henry Goodman and Frances Barber.

8pm, 16th June 1904: 
Bloom spies on Gerty, then rescues Stephen from a brawl outside a brothel. With Henry Goodman and Frances Barber.
 
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. 

Nearby, Stephen Dedalus joins a raucous group of medical students and Bloom also joins the party, which then moves off to Bella Cohen's brothel. 

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

Dramatised by Robin Brooks

Producer: Jeremy Mortimer    

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Drama: Classic & Period

Dramatisation of the great modernist novel. Specially re-edited for Radio 4 Extra.

Dramatisation of the great modernist novel, with Stephen Rea, Andrew Scott, Kevin Trainor, Harry Livingstone. Directed by Jeremy Mortimer. Specially re-edited for Radio 4 Extra.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

James Joyce's Ulysses

Episode 3

Genres

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra