Bloomsday 2021: "Molly's Soliloquy"

Program Type:

Online/Virtual, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation, Literature, Performing Arts

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

For its 11th annual Bloomsday celebration, SDPL virtually joins the international Bloomsday festivities on June 16 celebrating James Joyce's legacy and his great novel Ulysses with a reading performance of Molly's Soliloquy, the book’s controversial last chapter.

Featuring Molly Bloom, the sexually assertive wife of main character Leopold Bloom, Molly’s Soliloquy will be performed as part of Write Out Loud’s read-aloud program, Listen to This, which records and shares favorite short stories each day with a growing number of local and international listeners. Sign up for your free daily stories read aloud by some of the best performers in San Diego. Be warned that there's adult language and content in the piece.

Bloomsday is observed annually on June 16th, when Joyce fans from all walks of life and around the world open a book, raise a glass, and relive the events in Ulysses, which take place on that single day, June 16, 1904.   

Listen to Molly's Soliloquy performed by Linda Libby

Read full text of Molly's Soliloquy

Accessibility

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