“ Now that it is 70 years since Joyce’s death, the copyright on his work expires. Previously tightly controlled by his estate, performances of Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake and his only play, Exiles , will no longer require permission or payment, although there is less clarity on unpublished and posthumous works, as well as letters. A James Joyce symposium at Trinity College Dublin in June will look at the whole area. In the meantime, expect a flood of adaptations of Joyce’s work.
The Irish Times
