Shem the Penman Sings Again

Name: Shem the Penman Sings Again
Director: Pádraig Trehy
Genre: History
Released: 2015-07-09
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 2
Cast: Joe Lyons, Frank Prendergast, Hugh O'Conor, Leo Hanna, Martin Lucey

2015

1h 20m

History

Director: Pádraig Trehy

Writers: Peter McCarthy, Pádraig Trehy

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Overview

Shem the Penman Sings Again deals creatively with the relationship between James Joyce and the renowned Irish tenor John McCormack. It examines Joyce's love of music and song through the Earwicker Twins in Finnegans Wake, Shem the Penman and Shaun the Post, thereby shedding light on Joyce's final difficult novel.