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The Dead (Part One)

Episode 17 of 20

At his aunts' festive dinner and dance, Gabriel finds himself out of place amongst the guests and flustered by his failure to share a joke with the servant girl Lily.

Naturalistic in style, 'Dubliners' depicts an array of characters, graduating progressively from childhood, through adolescence, to maturity, culminating in the final story, 'The Dead'. The stories each centre on the idea of a moment of epiphany, but are grounded in the minutiae of daily life. Stories of love, loss, con men, friendship, alcoholism, marriage, politics and family, combine to create a unified world, a celebration of a city, in the unparalleled prose of its most famous son.

Abridger ..... Doreen Estall
Reader ..... Stephen Rea
Producer ..... Stephen Wright
Music by ..... Neil Martin.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Feb 2014 22:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Stephen Rea
Producer Stephen Wright
Abridger Doreen Estall
Author James Joyce

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Feb 2014 22:45

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