

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Arthur Riordan


This extraordinary portrait of Joyce reveals an Irish lad reared by a loving mother and a father proud of his status and middle class proprieties.
He was educated at private schools until bad times forced the family to move often, leaving a trail of unpaid rents.
At this time Joyce encountered his first sexual temptations and made his choice between chastity and concupiscence.
Here are the characters he wrote about: the Dubliners and those who peopled his self portrait of the artist as a young man.
"Sensitive, satiric, warm, ironic study... It captures Joyce with love and fidelity."
— Record
"Goes straight to the heart of the early life of James Joyce."
— NYC News
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MARY JANE MURRAY JOYCE a frail, pretty woman in her late 40s. |
KATHLEEN MURRAY a wide-eyed, blonde, Irish beauty. |
MRS. JOSEPHINE MURRAY a large, buxom woman. |
WILLIAM MURRAY a stout, self-satisfied man in his 60s. |
STANISLAUS JOYCE age ranges from 20s to mid 30s. |
MR. D'ARCY Red-haired, pug-faced, outgoing. |
JIMMY JOYCE Act one, Teenager. |
JAMES JOYCE Act two, mid-20s. |
JOHN JOYCE mid to late 50s. |
MR. HOLOHAN arrogant, pugnacious, in his 50s. |
MR. FITZPATRICK an elfin man in his 70s. |
RILEY a musician. |
FATHER CONMEE the Rector of Clongowes School. |
STANTON good-natured upperclassman. |
MR. DEMPSEY a church deacon. |
GALLAGHER flashy, man-about-town. |
MISS PARKER thinn-lipped spinster. |
MR. ALLEYNE snobbish, book-keeping office manager. |
BROTHER KENNY young Christian brother. |
CELIA uneducated country girl. |
BARTENDER genial, competent man who knows his place. |
MAN (STRANGER) middle-class grocer. |
PRIEST (CAPUCHINE) an over-worked, disillusioned parish priest. |
BUTCHER BOY tough, arrogant, guttersnipe. |
SHEEHY Penny-pinching slum lord. |
James Joyce's Dublin is a play written by Gene Feist and published by Samuel French.
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