Celebrate Bloomsday in the American Irish Historical Society as Eilin O' Dea depicts a sleepless Molly Bloom in the early morning of June 17, 1904, unable to turn her mind off as she meditates on sex, death, bodily pleasure and abjection, and her complicated marriage to Leopold Bloom, the central character of Ulysses.
Molly Bloom's monologue, lifted from "Penelope," the final pages of James Joyce's Ulysses, is recognised as one of the most famous female narratives in modern literature. It has been used as the basis of songs, re-appeared in movies, quoted in other literary works, and in terms of its effect on Irish culture was, as the award-winning writer Eavan Boland puts it, "a liberating signpost to this country's future."
Sensuous, compelling and at times hugely funny, this soliloquy is the only time in Joyce's seminal novel where Molly's voice is heard. She In it, we hear the otherwise silent character bare her soul on life, love, sex, and loneliness.
A must-see for fans of James Joyce, literature and independent women everywhere!
Lauded by the Irish Times as "every inch the sensualist Joyce imagined," with the Irish Theatre Magazine describing O'Dea's performance as "rich, passionate and compelling," O'Dea has performed the Molly Soliloquy throughout Europe to critical acclaim and most recently performed at Symphony Space as part of Bloomsday on Broadway.