Henrik Ibsen

  • Ep. 112 – Exiles (w/ Steve Carey)

    Once maligned, later tentatively praised, James Joyce’s only existing play, Exiles, may be his least popular work. Though it is rarely staged these days, Bloomsday in Melbourne’s Steve Carey is up to the challenge. We talk why Exiles has been so maligned, why it’s actually good, and how to go about staging a play that…

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  • Ep. 97 – Henrik Ibsen ( w/ Paul Ringo)

    Do you have the address of Henry Gibson? Kelly and Dermot welcome special guest Paul Ringo to Blooms & Barnacles. Topics include Joyce’s love of Henrik Ibsen, Paul’s love of Finnegans Wake via the stage, Joyce’s study of Norwegian, realism as seen in the works of Joyce and Ibsen, the artist as a conduit for…

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