James Joyce’s Ulysses may be termed ‘modernist,’ but it is such a unique work that it is difficult to categorize, and also very difficult to manipulate. In recent years Bloomsday Melbourne Inc. has edited and reshaped chapters for its quasi-theatrical presentations, but now, to take on the whole of this both internalized and externalized mammoth of a work, so geographically, physically and psychologically capacious, is to attempt something Herculean, including the stables! Continue reading
An OBITUARY by Frances Devlin-Glass It is with shock and an acute sense of loss that the Bloomsday community this week heard of the early death of its first theatre director, Simon McGuinness, in London, after a short illness. Simon was a flamboyant enabler with an infectious sense of fun and comic timing. He offered … Continue reading
McCready makes much of how Belfast in the 1950s was a cultural desert, and I wondered if, in terms of serious literary theatre, the same could not also be said of many cities in the western world; certainly ’50s Brisbane and Melbourne were not too dissimilar from Belfa Continue reading
If I was to tell you that this is an article about Joyce and mathematics, I wonder which would be more likely to alarm you. Continue reading
May your life shine like the sun, your mouth be filled with laughter Continue reading
Events and activities of the Cultural Heritage Committee Continue reading
The Guardian published a series of photos of Seamus Heaney on the occasion of his death. They tell much about the man.
Here is a book to restore your faith in reading, to make you laugh loudly and often. You will be enthralled by the way words can be used to coax you into a story that is sad and funny and uplifting and engrossing, all at the same time. Continue reading
…the greatest challenge in the book is confronting the difference between the sniper fighting the enemy soldier, and indiscriminate bombing likely to target many innocent people. Continue reading
Mickey. Make the silence speak before you ever open your mouth. In other words never speak to a class or make presentation until you have their complete and undivided attention. Continue reading
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