Ep.001: The song that gave Finnegans Wake its title

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James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

One Little Goat Theatre Company

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Join us for James Joyce's divine and delirious comedy, Finnegans Wake, read by Irish-Canadian actor Richard Harte, with introductions by director Adam Seelig. From 2024 to 2029, One Little Goat Theatre Company will film and record all 17 chapters (~30 Hours) of Finnegans Wake before live audiences in various locations, screening/releasing them along along the way and completing the entire book by its 90th birthday, May 4, 2029. “Harte has found a way to crack the private code and maintain the original voltage… of one of the most funny and challenging novels of the 20th century.” —Irish Voice

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Ep.001: The song that gave Finnegans Wake its title

James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

13 minutes 22 seconds

1 year ago

Ep.001: The song that gave Finnegans Wake its title

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of James Joyce’s divine and delirious comedy, Finnegans Wake. Published on 4 May 1939, Joyce’s last novel celebrates its 85th anniversary today, 4 May 2024.

In this episode, director Adam Seelig briefly discusses “Finnegan’s Wake” (with apostrophe), the comedic 19th-Century Irish American folk song that gave Finnegans Wake (without apostrophe) its title, and invites Irish-Canadian folk singer Kevin Kennedy to perform the folk song for a live audience as a way to kick off Chapter 1 of Joyce’s extraordinary novel.

Kevin Kennedy is a gem. He was born in Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland and moved to Canada in 1968. He has performed for decades across eastern Canada and the United States, and like Irish-Canadian actor Richard Harte, he is also part of Toronto’s Anna Livia Productions, who perform Joyce’s Ulysses every Bloomsday, June 16th. Kevin has recorded over 700 Irish folk songs, viewed and heard over 100,000 times on his YouTube Channel, “Kevin Kennedy — Irish.”

For a transcript of this episode and for more on One Little Goat Theatre Company’s Finnegans Wake project, please visit https://www.onelittlegoat.org/finneganswake

“James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake” is produced by One Little Goat Theatre Company, an official charity in Canada and the United States. If you’d like to support our work, please visit us online to make a charitable donation.

To get in touch, email us at onelittlegoattc@gmail.com — we’d love to hear from you.

This podcast is made possible by Friends of One Little Goat Theatre Company and the Emigrant Support Programme of the Government of Ireland. Thank you for your support!

Thank you to Darina Gallagher and the James Joyce Centre in Dublin for your partnership.

Thank you to the artists for this episode: Kevin Kennedy, Sound by William Bembridge, Podcast production by Sean Rasmussen, Stage Management by Laura Lakatosh, Rehearsal Stage Management by Sandi Becker, Directed by Adam Seelig.

Thanks to our live audience of Pip Dwyer, Cathy Murphy, Nomi Rotbard, Arlo Rotbard-Seelig; and thanks to our rehearsal audience of Jackie Chau, Jordy Koffman, Andrew Moodie & Shai Rotbard-Seelig.

Thank you to the Embassy of Ireland in Ottawa and the Irish Consulate in Toronto and to Production Consultants Cathy Murphy and Andrew Moodie.

Thank you for listening!