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In some ways, ‘Counterparts’ is one of the more overlooked stories of Joyce\u2019s Dubliners <\/em>\u2013 but the reason for that is unclear. True, it does not have the regretful poignancy of \u2018Clay\u2019 or \u2018The Dead\u2019. Nevertheless, it does contain a sad brutality which in many ways marks it out as a keynote to the rest of the collection. Its protagonist is many things at once. Funny and appalling. Lost and found. Surrounded and alone. Its depiction of a \u2018day in the life\u2019 of a simple office worker marks it as a precursor of things to come in Joyce\u2019s canon. The many different moods in the story, the colourful characters that populate it and the locales it visits mark it as a great vehicle for a theatrical adaptation. We hope you enjoy this one-man play inspired by this haunting and definitively Joycean tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adapted, directed and performed by Jim Roche<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original music composed by Denis Clohessy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Live musical accompaniment by Fellimidh Nunan and Conor Sheils<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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