Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce

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Season 1 for... Ulysses by James Joyce. The unabridged text, read by more than a hundred writers, artists, comedians and musiciansSeason 2 for... Bloomcast. A deep-dive into the text with Adam Biles, Alice McCrum and Lex Paulson, as well as other bonus episodes.
To celebrate a hundred years since Sylvia Beach published James Joyce’s Ulysses, and to encourage readers to engage (or re-engage) with this spirited, funny, life-changing book, Shakespeare and Company, Paris—in partnership with Penguin Classics and Hay Festival—created an ensemble recording of the unabridged text, released as a free podcast between the centenary of the publication on 2nd February 2022 and Bloomsday on June 16 2022.
Read by more than a hundred writers, artists, comedians and musicians from all over the world— including Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Fry, Pete Buttigieg, Kae Tempest, Ben Okri, Ali Smith, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley and many, many more... (full cast list below)—Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses is a polyphonic and diverse celebration of this Modernist masterwork.
Conceived and produced by Adam Biles, Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company, Paris
Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.comBuy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulyssesFind out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/home
Featuring (in order):Will SelfJeanette WintersonPaul MurrayIshion HutchinsonCaoilinn HughesEddie IzzardLola PeploeNathan EnglanderJoe DunthorneKate StablesJarred McGinnisNicholson BakerRichard BarnettAmy SackvilleChigozie ObiomaErica WagnerPatrick MarberClaire-Louise BennettAleksandar HemonRyan Van WinkleCressida BrownHolly PesterAdam ThirlwellCatherine LaceyCiaran FarrellLauren ElkinAndrew HankinsonConor HorganAndy MillerPreti TanejaSalena GoddenSinéad GleesonLuke KennardSophie GormanNicole FlatteryJohn FreemanAysegul SavasDaniel Levin BeckerJohn ButlerJohn MitchinsonSigrid RausingMax PorterEimear McBrideKeith RidgwayPhilip HoareDeborah LandauKarthika NairCerys MatthewsDBC PierreKatharina Volckmer Mark O’ConnellMarcel TherouxSylvia Whitman & David DelannetLenny KayeSarah ChurchwellOlivia LaingKatie KitamuraAli SmithKeri WalshLesley BlumePatrick HastingsBen OkriColm ToibinChloe AridjisStephen FryDouglas StuartPete ButtigiegTara MulhollandPaul MuldoonS&Co Table Readers (Anne Bielec, Ben Brown, Amanda Dennis, Linda Fallon, Heather Heartley, Octavia Horgan, Conor Lee Bourke, Lex Paulson, Kate Poston, Francesca Reece)David KeenanTom McCarthyDavid SzalayJesse BallCarter BaysJames GregorWill BurnsDeclan McCavanaGreg ProopsJennifer CanadaSam JordisonEloise MillarHollie McNishMichael PedersenJonathan Safran FoerSasha FoerEthan HawkeRob DoyleRoisin KiberdLucy SanteCaitlinn O KeefeDeborah LevyMeena KandasamyJoanna LumleySusan PhilipzSylvia WhitmanBonnie GreerEmilie PineMargaret AtwoodKae TempestLou DoillonSally Rooney

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