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In New Joyce Musical, Nora Barnacle Comes First

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

A new Off-Broadway musical seeks to tell the story of the passionate, tumultuous, and prolific relationship between James Joyce and Nora Barnacle through Nora’s perspective of their nearly 40-year romance. We sat down with Whitney Bashor, who plays Nora, as well as some of the crew, to see how the show came together and how the story of Nora and Joyce might resonate with … [Read more...] about In New Joyce Musical, Nora Barnacle Comes First

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