Clay by JAMES JOYCE
' Time was when folks meant what they did on Hallowe'en. They wanted to know what was going to happen to them': a girl in the laundry scorns the way the traditional Hallowe'en activity has declined into a mere game.
' The water, the ring, and the Book is all they have now. It's no use doing it at all unless you have the clay.' Water stands for a journey, the ring for marriage, the prayer book for a contemplative life, and clay-for death ...
Adapted by SIMON RAVEN Director JONATHAN MILLER Producers MELVYN BRAGG GAVIN MILLAR