Bloomsday by Nick Midgley

Drama On One continues a short season celebrating the centenary of Ulysses. Bosco Hogan stars in this dramatised account of the relationship between James Joyce and his brother Stanislaus and the time they spent together living in Trieste.

Bosco Hogan played old Stannie
Colin Campbell was young Stanislaus
James Joyce was Éanna Grogan
Kate Gilmore played Nora
Genevieve Hulme Beaman was the matron
Ashleigh Dorrell played the maid

Sound supervision was by Mark Dwyer.

Bloomsday by Nick Midgley was directed by Daniel Reardon.

And our season celebrating the centenary of Ulysses continues next week when Michael West turns his attention to the 'Ithaca' episode.

And all of this anticipates what is fast becoming an annual tradition, the upcoming broadcast this Thursday of Ulysses in its entirety on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. And to make it a true marathon, this year Ulysses will be followed by The RTÉ players adaptation of Dubliners and Joyce’s play Exiles taking us through to Friday night.

The Series Producer of Drama On One is Kevin Reynolds.