Lecture to explore story of Irish lawyer who sued BBC over Joyce’s Ulysses
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Reuben J. Dodd
by Robert Berry
The story of an Irish lawyer who successfully sued the BBC over his portrayal in a 1950s radio adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses will be the subject of a lecture in Dublin next week.
Dublin solicitor Reuben James Dodd Junior launched a lawsuit against the BBC after a June 1954 broadcast of an adaptation of the Hades episode from Ulysses.
He claimed that it suggested that he was a moneylender, and that he had tried to commit suicide, a criminal action in Ireland in 1904 as well as in 1954.
Mr Dodds had failed in an earlier attempt to sue the publishers of the book for defamation.
Dr Patrick Callan, a historian of early twentieth century Dublin and Ireland, will explore the case in a lecture to be hosted by the James Joyce Centre next week.
More information about the free event, taking place in Dublin next Monday 4 March at 6.30pm, is available from the James Joyce Centre’s website.
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