The United States Versus Ulysses
The true story of one of the greatest literary trials of the twentieth century, pitting James Joyce's novel against the might of the United States government.
Based on the case files, and haunted by the voices of Ulysses, this dramatisation tells the story of the decade-long battle to publish Ulysses in America, culminating in the legendary Woolsey Judgement of 1933.
Please note that the play contains explicit language from the start.
Cast & Production Credits
Killian Scott (Sam Coleman & Bennett Cerf)
Janet Moran (Molly Bloom)
Jonathan White (The Voice of Time & Leopold Bloom)
Stephen Hogan (Morris Ernst)
Morgan C. Jones (Judge John Munro Woolsey)
Helen Norton (The Voice of Ulysses)
I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected to, I'd reccomend the podcast tab to get to the recording where you'll find semi-dramatized readings of all the Dubliners stories.
Update: I'll let the great Shirley Chisholm answer for me, "We wanted to end the silly
censorship which kept Joyce's Ulysses in a brown paper wrapper. But we
have ended up with a pornographic culture and a society that no longer
blushes."
Shirley Chisholm, one of the founders of The National Organization for Women
We also got a country in which people can lie with impunity and in which the biggest fattest fans of "free speech" in which they can lie and spread hate are the Republican-fascists, the neo-Nazis, the white supremacists and skin-heads and antisemites and the porn industry. Oh, and idiot lefties who are their total and complete suckers. I liked the play and even liked Ulysses, though it's over-rated but things went totally to hell after that. But, then, I like a good brawl, now and again.
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