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<em>Ulysses</em> Plot Summary
Bloomsday 2023 Reader Schedule
- 10:55 AM | Kelsey Scouten Bates | John C. Haas Director, The Rosenbach | Welcome
- 11:00 AM | Judy Guston | Curator and Senior Director of Collections, The Rosenbach | The Odyssey (Greek) | Lines: 1–20
- 11:05 AM | Zachary Angus and Meghan McGinty | Opera Philadelphia | La Ci Darem
- 11:10 AM | Andrew Byrne | Deputy Consul General of Ireland |Telemachus | Pages: 3–4 | Lines: 1–66
- 11:15 AM | Carlos Obrador | Consul of Mexico in Philadelphia | Telemachus | Pages: 4–5 | Lines: 67–122
- 11:20 AM | Lisa Washington | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Telemachus | Pages: 12 | Lines: 389–432
- 11:25 AM | Charles McMahon / Zachary Angus | Associate Professor, Temple University I Opera Phila | Telemachus | Ballad of Joking Jesus | Pages: 15–16 | Lines: 545–614
- 11:35 AM | Representative Ben Waxman | PA State Representative for District 182 | Nestor | Pages: 22–24 | Lines: 118–183
- 11:40 AM | Edward G. Pettit | Bloomsday Reader Coordinator | Nestor | Pages: 24–26 | Lines: 199–264
- 11:45 AM | Ted Howell | Bloomsday Reader Advisor | Proteus | Pages: 37–38 | Lines: 294–330
- 11:50 AM | Barry Brait I Corey Don | Actor I Opera Philadelphia | Proteus | Who Goes with Fergus? | Pages: 41–42 | Lines: 434–505
- 11:55 AM | Peter Crimmins | Arts and Culture Reporter, WHYY | Calypso | Pages: 45–46 | Lines: 1–65
- 12:00 PM | Seamus Carmichael | Harrell Health Sciences Library, Hershey, PA | Calypso | Pages: 50–52 | Lines: 243–307
- 12:05 PM | Sarah Funke Butler | Founder, Funke Literary, LLC | Calypso | Pages: 52–53 | Lines: 308–381
- 12:10 PM | Kelly Richards / Zachary Angus I President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia / Opera Philadelphia | Calypso | Seaside Girls | Pages: 53–54 | Lines: 382–431
- 12:15 PM | Darin Kelly & John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 12:30 PM | Ted Howell | Professor, Rowan University, Bloomsday Reader Advisor | Lotus Eaters | Pages: 63–64 | Lines: 239–278
- 12:35 PM | Eileen Cunniffe | Bloomsday Volunteer | Lotus Eaters | Pages: 66–67 | Lines: 338–394
- 12:40 PM | Sophia Rosenfeld | Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania | Lotus Eaters | Pages: 70–71 | Lines: 549–572
- 12:45 PM | Laura Kate Marshall | Actor | Hades | Pages: 73–74 | Lines: 37–90
- 12:50 PM | Patricia Aden | President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance | Hades | Page: 91 | Lines: 839–877
- 12:55 PM | Timothy Virgil Dugan | St. Francis College | Hades | Pages: 93–94 | Lines: 960–1005
- 1:00 PM | Succession: Why Presidential History Matters Now Gallery Talk | The exhibition curators lead a 25-minute gallery talk inside the museum
- 1:00 PM | Christopher Burns, Esther Mills, Susan V. Scaff | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Graduates | Aeolus | Pages: 107–109 | Lines: 464–528
- 1:05 PM | Elizabeth E. Fuller | Librarian, Rosenbach | Aeolus | Pages: 111–113 | Lines: 604–672
- 1:10 PM | Derrick Reider | 2023 Bloomsday Reader Raffle Winner | Lestrygonians | Pages: 138–139 | Lines: 650–703
- 1:15 PM | Brian McManus | Actor | Lestrygonians | Pages: 144–145 | Lines: 896–936
- 1:20 PM | Kelsey Scouten Bates | John C. Haas Director, the Rosenbach | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 151–153 | Lines: 1–89
- 1:25 PM | Kayla Anthony | Executive Director, Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 154–155 | Lines: 141–188
- 1:30 PM | Terence Washington | Manager of Civic Engagement and Programs, Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 170–171 | Lines: 828–892
- 1:35 PM | Alasdair Nichol | Chairman and Director of Fine Art, Freeman’s | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 174–175 | Lines: 997–1029
- 1:40 PM | Darin Kelly & John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 1:55 PM | James Conmy | Vice President and Counsel Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 180–181 | Lines:1–75
- 2:00 PM | Succession: Why Presidential History Matters Now Gallery Talk | The exhibition curators lead a 25-minute gallery talk inside the museum
- 2:00 PM | Ernest Hilbert | Bauman Rare Books | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 187 | Lines: 299–336
- 2:05 PM | Inga Saffron / Ken Kalfus | Architecture Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer / Author, 2 A.M. in Little America | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 193–194 | Lines: 585–641
- 2:10 PM | George Matysik | Executive Director, Share Food Program | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 198–199 | Lines: 800–841
- 2:15 PM | Emilie Parker | Hirsig Family Director of Education, Rosenbach | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 207–208 | Lines: 1176–1226
- 2:20 PM | Dr. Alexander L. Ames | Director of Outreach and Engagement, Rosenbach | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 208–209 | Lines: 1226–1282
- 2:25 PM | Meghan McGinty | Opera Philadelphia | My Girl’s a Yorkshire Girl
- 2:30 PM | Jessica Foley | Actor | Sirens | Pages: 211–213 | Lines: 63–132
- 2:35 PM | Jill Owen / Zachary Angus | Actor / Opera Philadelphia | Sirens | The Bloom Is on the Rye | Pages: 214–215 | Lines: 185–231
- 2:40 PM | Sean Hughes | Instructor, the Rosenbach | Sirens | Pages: 217–219 | Lines: 337–418
- 2:45 PM | Daniel Simpson | Poet, Writer, Technical Support Specialist for the Library of Congress | Sirens | Pages: 220–221 | Lines: 444–497
- 2:50 PM | Margaretta Noonan / Corey Don | Rosenbach supporter / Opera Philadelphia | Sirens | M’appari | Pages: 225–226 | Lines: 663–716
- 2:55 PM | Jack Noonan | Rosenbach supporter | Sirens | Pages: 226–227 | Lines: 717–755
- 3:00 PM | Vicki Mahaffey / Meghan McGinty | Rosenbach Ulysses instructor / Opera Philadelphia | Sirens | The Croppy Boy | Pages: 233–234 | Lines: 1028–1076
- 3:00 PM | Succession: Why Presidential History Matters Now Gallery Talk | The exhibition curators lead a 25-minute gallery talk inside the museum
- 3:05 PM | Scott Houldin / Meghan McGinty | Rosenbach supporter / Opera Philadelphia | Sirens | The Last Rose of Summer | Pages: 236 | Lines: 1151–1195
- 3:10 PM | Kevin Quinn | Rosenbach supporter | Sirens | Pages: 237–239 | Lines: 1234–1294
- 3:15 PM | Darin Kelly & John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 3:25 PM | Corey Don | Opera Philadelphia | God Save Ireland
- 3:30 PM | Peter Schmitz | Actor | Cyclops | Pages: 242-243 | Lines: 118-167
- 3:35 PM | Michael Toner | Cyclops | Pages: 255–256 | Lines: 679–747
- 3:40 PM | Chris Davis | Actor/Writer of One-Man Nutcracker | Cyclops | Pages: 266–267 | Lines: 1192–1238
- 3:45 PM | Michael J. Barsanti | Edwin Wolf 2nd Executive Director, Library Company of Philadelphia | Cyclops | Pages: 268–269 | Lines: 1258–1295
- 3:50 PM | Robert Berry / Corey Don | Rosenbach Ulysses instructor, Creator of ULYSSES Seen / Opera Philadelphia | Cyclops | Sinn Fein Amain | Pages: 271–272 | Lines: 1393–1464
- 3:55 PM | KC MacMillan| Artistic Director of Inis Nua Theatre Company | Cyclops | Page: 273 | Lines: 1465-1501
- 4:00 PM | Mark Moore | Faculty, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia | Cyclops | Pages: 276–277 | Lines: 1621–1675
- 4:05 PM | Darren Winston | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Nausicaa | Pages: 285–286 | Lines: 78–122
- 4:10 PM | Inaara Shiraz, Kim Gek Lin Short, Eileen Goodwin, Joe Samuel Starnes | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Graduates | Nausicaa | Pages: 295–296 | Notes: 505–567
- 4:15 PM | Enid Reid Whyte | Board Member, Inis Nua Theatre Company | Nausicaa | Pages: 299–300 | Lines: 674–714
- 4:20 PM | Sarah Knittel / Corey Don and Zachary Angus | Actor I Opera Philadelphia | The Moon Hath Rais’d | Pages: 300–301 | Lines: 715–771
- 4:25 PM | Isabel Steven | Coordinator of Public Programs, Rosenbach | Nausicaa | Pages: 301–302 | Lines: 772–821
- 4:30 PM | Peter Nalle | Member and Chair Emeritus, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Nausicaa | Pages: 312–313 | Lines: 1246–1306
- 4:35 PM | George McNeely | Rosenbach supporter | Oxen of the Sun | Pages: 315–316 | Lines: 60–110
- 4:40 PM | Kermit Roosevelt | David Berger Professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School | Oxen of the Sun | Pages: 344–345 | Lines: 1379–1406
- 4:45 PM | Robert J. Seidman | Co-author,Ulysses Annotated | Oxen of the Sun | Pages: 346 | Lines: 1440–1464
- 4:50 PM | Darin Kelly & John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 5:10 PM | Leonard Haas | Actor | Circe | 401–403 | 1752–1817
- 5:15 PM | Paul Nicholas | Actor | Circe | Pages: 421–422 | Lines: 2478–2514
- 5:20 PM | Paul Saint-Amour | Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania | Circe | Pages: 469–472 | Lines: 4023–4150
- 5:25 PM | James Armstrong | Pickwick Monthly Cohost, Rosenbach | Circe | 473–475 | Lines: 4151–4245
- 5:30 PM | Special Video Reading: Liev Schreiber | Actor and Co-Founder of Sláinte® Irish Whiskey | Circe | Pages: 494–497 | Lines: 4865–4967
- 5:35 PM | John Wind | Artist | Eumaeus | Pages: 501–502 | Lines: 1–59
- 5:40 PM | Arthur Spector | Chair Emeritus, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Eumaeus | Pages: 508–509 | Lines: 320–366
- 5:45 PM | Lenore Steiner and Perry Lerner | Rosenbach Bloomsday Chair / Rosenbach Supporter | Eumaeus | Pages: 509–510 | Lines: 367–421
- 5:50 PM | Robin Pinder-Herndon | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Eumaeus | Pages: 540–541 | Lines: 1770–1806
- 5:55 PM | Jean-Michel Rabaté | Rosenbach Ulysses Instructor | Eumaeus | Pages: 542–543 | Lines: 1866–1894
- 6:00 PM | Darin Kelly & John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 6:25 PM | Michael Toner and Mal Whyte | Actor and Founding Bloomsday Reader / Actor | Ithaca | Pages: 544-607 | Lines: excerpts
- 6:50 PM | Darin Kelly & John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 7:10 PM | Kirsten Quinn | Actor | Penelope | Pages: 610-644 | Lines: excerpts
- Closing | Meghan McGinty | Opera Philadelphia | Love’s Old Sweet Song
