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RICHARD ROWAN, *a writer*
BERTHA
ARCHIE, *their son, aged eight years*
ROBERT HAND, *journalist*
BEATRICE JUSTICE, *his cousin, music teacher*
BRIGID, *an old servant of the Rowan family*
A FISHWOMAN
At Merrion and Ranelagh, suburbs of Dublin
Summer of the year 1912
FIRST ACT
*The drawingroom in Richard Rowan's house at Merrion, a suburb of
Dublin. On the right, forward, a fireplace, before which stands a low
screen. Over the mantelpiece a giltframed glass. Further back in the
right wall, folding doors leading to the parlour and kitchen. In the
wall at the back to the right a small door leading to a study. Left of
this a sideboard. On the wall above the sideboard a framed crayon
drawing of a young man. More to the left double doors with glass
panels leading o . . .
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EXILES
As with *APOTAAAYM* and *Dubliners*, the edition I have used
is *The Essential James Joyce*, the 1973 Penguin reprint of Jonathan
Cape's edition of 1948. Apart from unimportant corrections, the main
'errors' are as follows:
Act 1.
'BRIGID (*points to the easychair*): Sit down and I' tell the
Master ....'. I don't think this is a characteristic Brigid locution.
I have written 'I'll'.
'BEATRICE: We are first cousins. Is it not strange that we were often
together.'. Either a questionmark is missing, or 'Is it' should be 'It
is'. I have chosen the latter.
Act 2.
'BERTHA (*quietly*): You mean because others have been there?'. Surely
'here' rather than 'there'.
'BERTHA (*sits down helplessly*): But this is cruel to you, Robert.'.
I have read this as 'of you'.
Act 3.
'RICHARD (*calmly*): I thank you for kind article about me.'. I have
put 'your' between 'for' and 'kind'.
It's fortunate that Joyce's reputation does not rest on
*Exiles . . .
