Book of the Week: James Joyce (Andrew as James Joyce)

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Book of the Week - James Joyce - A Biography -Episode 1

"Living In Ireland had lost all meaning for Joyce; and the lure of 'exile' began to possess him. But if he was to elope with Nora he would need to secure an income, and would Nora go with him? Fortunately, she was as captivated by him as he was by her..."

Our five part reading of this voluminous account looks at Joyce's years spent in Europe, when he held down menial jobs, caroused a lot, experienced the ups and downs of married life, but still managed to produce works of literature that stand the test of time.

1. Gordon Bowker's study of the great writer, abridged for radio by Penny Leicester, begins with his early life in Dublin, which is full of japes with friends and then an eye to exile...

Narrator Jim Norton and the voice of Joyce is Andrew Scott.

You can listenhere at the BBC website.

OfficialLondonTheatre interview (about Emperor and Galilean)

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He has the biggest stage role of his career on his hands and two high profile television jobs around the corner, but Andrew Scott is taking it all in his stride, finds Caroline Bishop.

It’s not often that an actor can describe the role he is playing as “bigger than Hamlet”. But that is the scale of the daunting job taken on by Andrew Scott, whose return to the National Theatre sees him play fourth century Roman Emperor Julian in the first English production of Ibsen’s epic masterpiece, Emperor And Galilean, playing as part of the Travelex £12 season.

“Jonathan [Kent, the director] said he’s never come across a bigger part, which made me want to vomit,” says Scott with a grin. “I think it’s because I don’t get much of a rest, I’m on stage quite a bit. But that’s the gig.”

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Source: OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk
here's another picture courtesy of Independent.co.uk

Andrew and Tom

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