The James Joyce BBC Radio Collection
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  • Published: 6 June 2019
  • ISBN: 9781787533363
  • Imprint: BBC CD
  • Format: Audio CD
  • Length: 13 hr 0 min
  • Narrators: Andrew Scott, Niamh Cusack, Henry Goodman, Stephen Rea, Jim Norton, Frances Barber
  • RRP: $75.00
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The James Joyce BBC Radio Collection

Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man & Dubliners

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Three BBC radio productions of major works by James Joyce – plus Gordon Bowker’s fascinating biographical account of his life

Three BBC radio productions of major works by James Joyce – plus Gordon Bowker’s fascinating biographical account of his life

Ulysses
In this full-cast dramatisation of Joyce’s epic modernist novel, the stories of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom combine as they meander through Dublin in the course of one day, 16 June 1904. Andrew Scott stars as Stephen, with Henry Goodman as Bloom, Niamh Cusack as Molly Bloom and Stephen Rea as the Narrator.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
An abridged reading of James Joyce's autobiographical masterpiece portraying the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who must question the culture and religion of his native land before he can break free to become an artist. Read by Andrew Scott.

Dubliners
This abridged collection of fifteen naturalistic tales depicts an array of characters from childhood, through adolescence, to maturity. Stories of love, loss, friendship, marriage, politics and family combine to create a unified world and a celebration of a city. Read by Stephen Rea.

James Joyce – A Biography
Gordon Bowker’s comprehensive study explores Joyce’s years spent in exile in Europe, and examines how his life shaped his genius. Read by Jim Norton, with Andrew Scott as the voice of Joyce.
  • Published: 6 June 2019
  • ISBN: 9781787533363
  • Imprint: BBC CD
  • Format: Audio CD
  • Length: 13 hr 0 min
  • Narrators: Andrew Scott, Niamh Cusack, Henry Goodman, Stephen Rea, Jim Norton, Frances Barber
  • RRP: $75.00
Categories:

About the authors

Gordon Bowker

Gordon Bowker was born in Birmingham, where he attended King Edward's Gramma School, Camp Hill. He spent two years sheepfarming in Australia and three years in the RAF. After training as a teacher, he went to Nottingham University to study philosophy, English and sociology, and later received a PhD from London University. He taught sociology at Goldsmith's College, London, from 1966 to 1991, for six years teaching courses in biography. He is now a full0time author and journalist and his works include Pursued by Furies: A Biography of Malcolm Lowry.