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James Joyce's The Dead

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From: Pittsburgh City Paper
Date: 20041208
Author:Anonymous

There was a running gag on the old Mary Tyler Moore Show that I loved: No matter how carefully she planned it, how scrupulously she edited the guest list, no matter how much work went into the food and entertainment, every party she gave was a disaster.

I wonder if she ever considered inviting James Joyce.

James Joyce's The Dead (so tided, I suppose, to differentiate it from Elvira's The Dead) is a stage version of Joyce's short story of the same name, adapted by Richard Nelson, with music by Shaun Davey.

A lot of people asked me about this when I said I was going to the production by ...

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