James Joyce’s The Dead

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James Joyce’s The Dead is a musical adaptation of James Joyce’s famous short story, focusing on themes of memory, love, and Irish identity.

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instanceOf musical adaptation
stage musical
adaptationFocus cultural and social milieu of Ireland
emotional interiority of characters
basedOn The Dead NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor James Joyce NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkType short story
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre musical theatre
hasCharacter Aunts Kate and Julia Morkan NERFINISHED
Gretta Conroy NERFINISHED
hasComponent ensemble scenes
songs
hasDialogue spoken dialogue
hasForm book musical
hasMainCharacter Gabriel Conroy NERFINISHED
hasMedium live performance
language English
narrativeFocus epiphany
family gathering
narrativeStructure adaptation of prose narrative to stage
portrays Catholic cultural traditions in Ireland
Irish middle-class society
tension between personal and national loyalties
relatedWork Dubliners NERFINISHED
settingCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
settingLocation Dublin NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 20th century
subject Irish identity
love
memory
theme marital relationships
mortality
national identity
the passage of time
the persistence of the past

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Alice Ripley performedIn James Joyce’s The Dead
Blair Brown notableWork James Joyce’s The Dead