lighting up time* - the time when lights are switched on
until further notice - until next order or instruction
Phoenix; Feen (ger) - fairies; nichts (ger) - nothing.
playhouse - a theatre
convenience - a water closet, a (public) lavatory
diddle* - to cheat or swindle
entrancing - that entrances, transporting entrance
gad - god; the action of gadding or rambling about
quality - nobility, people of good social position
billed - announced or advertised by a bill
weekday* - a day of the week other than Saturday or Sunday (formerly, other than Sunday).
somnus (l) - dream Sunday
arraignment - accusation before tribunal, indictment, charge; accusation, hostile criticism.
children's hour* - an hour of recreation in the evening, spent in former times by children with their parents; (with capital initials) a B.B.C. radio programme thus entitled (first broadcast 1922, discontinued 1961).
rinse - to wash down with liquor
in token of* - as a sign, symbol or evidence of
nightly - coming, happening, or occuring during the night; happening or occuring every night.
redistribution - a fresh distribution
puppetry - mimic action or representation as of puppets; masquerade, mummery; puppet-play, debased dramatic action.
dub - to name, style, nickname; to dress, clothe, adorn
ghoster - a sail similar to a genoa but made of very light material for use in light airs.
Genesius, St - The legend (Acta SS., Aug., V, 119) relates: Genesius, the leader of a theatrical troupe in Rome, performing one day before the Emperor Diocletian, and wishing to expose Christian rites to the ridicule of his audience, pretended to receive the Sacrament of Baptism. When the water had been poured upon him he proclaimed himself a Christian. Diocletian at first enjoyed the realistic play, but, finding Genesius to be in earnest (Genesius proclaimed seeing visions of angels and announced his new found allegiance to Jesus), ordered him to be tortured and when under torture he did not recant, he was beheaded.
archimime* - a chief buffoon, or jester; the chief mimic, who in Roman funeral processions imitated the gait and gestures of the deceased; archimimos (gr) - chief comedian, chief actor.
patronage - the action of a patron in giving influential support, favour, encouragement, or countenance, to a person, institution, work, art, etc.
eldership - seniority, the position of being elder or senior
olden - belonging to a bygone age or time; ancient, old REFERENCE
the four corners (of the earth, heavens or world)* - the remotest parts; coroner - an officer of a county, district, or municipality (formerly also of the royal household), originally charged with maintaining the rights of the private property of the crown; in modern times his chief function is to hold inquest on the bodies of those supposed to have died by violence or accident.
FINIAS, MURIAS, FAILIAS,
GORIAS - According to Keating's history of Ireland, the Tuatha De Danann migrated
originally from Greece to Norway (Lochlann), where they dwelt a while in the 4 cities of
Finias, Murias, Failias, and Gorias; thence they sailed
for Ireland, taking with them their 4 talismans: the sword (from Gorias) and spear (from
Finias) of Lugh Lamhfada, the cauldron of the Daghda (from Murias), and the Lia
Fail (from Failias). The actual location (if any) of these legendary cities is unknown.
coarb - successor in an ecclesiastical office, abbot, vicar; an order of old Irish monks.
Sollis, Clive* - Irish Claidheamh Solais (pron. "kliv sulish") or "Sword of Light." Here Matt Gregory. Glasheen, Adaline / Third census of Finnegans wake
Kettle, Galorious - Mark Lyons as the magic cauldron of Dagda, one of the four magic objects, brought to the battle of Mag-Tured.
Lancey, Pobiedo - Luke Tarpey as the spear of Lug, which was one of the four magic objects brought to the battle of Mag-Tured.
Caesar - an absolute monarch, an autocrat, emperor
in chief - in the chief or highest place or position (Commander-in-chief, etc.)
sennet - a set of notes on the trumpet or cornet, ordered in the stage-directions of Elizabethan plays, apparently as a signal for the ceremonial entrance or exit of a body of players.
Adelphi - the name of a group of buildings in London between the Strand and the Thames, laid out by the four brothers, James, John, Robert, and William Adam and hence called Adelphi (Gr. brothers); the name of the theatre in the vicinity of these buildings, at which a certain type of melodrama was prevalent c 1882-1900, and so allusively.
Hyrcan and Aristobulus* - warring brothers. John Hyrcanus II was high priest of the Jews (78-40 B.C.). Aristobulus was always trying to unseat him. Hyrcanus poisoned Aristobulus; his ears were cut off by Aristobulus's son, and he was executed by Herod.
humpty dumpty* - a short, dumpy, hump-shouldered person. In the well-known nursery rime or riddle (quoted below) commonly explained as signifying an egg (in reference to its shape); thence allusively used of persons or things which when once overthrown or shattered cannot be restored. (In the nursery rime or riddle there are numerous variations of the last two lines, e.g. 'Not all the king's horses and all the king's men Could [can] set [put] Humpty Dumpty up again [in his place again, together again]'.)
revival - the act of restoring an old play to the stage
King's Men* -
Shakespeare's acting company, under the patronage of James I. The Queen's Men
were a rival company;
"All the king's horses and all the king's men, / Cannot put Humpty together again."
wireless* - to send a message by wireless
seven seas - the Arctic, Antarctic, North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.
crowd - an ancient Celtic musical instrument of the viol class
[H]ellene (gr) - Greek
tabloid* - a popular newspaper which presents its news and features in a concentrated, easily assimilable, and often sensational form, esp. one with smaller pages than those of a regular newspaper.
cald = cold; p. of call (obs.)
firn - (Ger. firn, firne, lit. 'last year's' (snow)) a name given to snow above the glaciers which is partly consolidated by alternate thawing and freezing; Firn (ger) - mountain top Finn
mime - a kind of simple farcical drama among the Greeks and Romans, characterized by mimicry and the ludicrous representation of familiar types of character; (The art of) gesture, movement, etc. (as distinct from words) used to express emotion and dramatic action or character; dumb show.
Mick - Michael (short.); a Roman Catholic
Nick - Nicholas (short.); the devil; Mick and Nick - St Michael, the Archangel, and the Devil, Old Nick.
BALLAGHMOON* -
Village, County Killdare; site of battle of Bealach Mughna, 908 AD, in which Mac Máel Sechnaill, King of
Tara, defeated Cormac mac Cuilenain, king-bishop of Munster, who was slain and
decapitated;
BALLYHOOLY - Town, County Cork, on
Blackwater River. Robert Martin of Ross, nicknamed "Ballyhooly," wrote Bits of
Blarney, containing the song "The Ballyhooly Blue Ribbon Amy," about a temperance movement in a notoriously intemperate
town. The town was known for its faction fights. "Balhyhooly" is proverbial for "a tonguelashing."
bedridden* - confined to bed through sickness or infirmity
murther - murderer
clock; glogar (gloger) (gael) - empty rattle; addled egg.
Seumas Mac Cuill (shemus mok kwil) (gael) - James son of Coll ("hazel tree"); anglic. James McQuill; Seumas Beg (Seumas is Irish "James," beg is "little") - The Adventures of Seumas Beg (1915) is a book of poems (I guess them to be childlike) by James Stephens. Seumas Beg is also a little boy in Stephens's Crock of Gold (1912). In the poem-book, was "Stephen's Green", later called "The Wind"; in 1932, Joyce translated the poem into French, German, Latin, Norwegian, Italian. (Letters, I, 317-319). Joyce urged Stephens to add an Irish translation, and Stephens could not. Stephens was a very little man, scarcely larger than his leprechaun; moreover, Stephens said that as a child, he had begged in the Dublin streets. (Gogarty says that Stephens may have invented his origins, his childhood, even his name, certainly his birthday see Letters of James Stephens, Finneman, ed.; 1974, Appendix A.) The gift of a "crown" (Stephen means "crown" in Greek) is the honor Joyce bestowed when he adopted Stephens as his twin, and the honor (refused) of being offered the job of finishing "Work in Progress." A present that Stephens, willynilly, did accept from Joyce was a copy of Little Eyolf. Glasheen, Adaline / Third census of Finnegans wake
robot - a person whose work or activities are entirely mechanical
dress circle* - In a theatre, usually the gallery next above the floor
gagster - one who makes 'gags' or jokes; a gag-writer or comedian
rogue's gallery - a collection of the portraits of criminals; also transf. and fig.
bleak - pale, pallid, wan; fig. Cheerless, dreary
story book - a book containing stories, esp. children's stories; also occas. a novel or romance; freq. fig. with allusion to the conventionally happy ending of children's stories.
tabs = tableau curtain - any front curtain, curtain settings on the stage