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QUICK RAMBLE PAST `THE DEAD' DEDHAM'S ANNUAL JAMES JOYCE ROAD RACE REVELS IN LITERARY FLAIR

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040429
Author:Maria Cramer, Globe Staff

James Joyce's works are famous for frustrating high school English students.

But some of the actors who interpreted the words of the Irish author during the 21st annual James Joyce Ramble in Dedham on Sunday appreciated the writer's challenging prose. Particularly some of his bawdier passages.

Dressed in early 20th-century costume, actors read from "The Dead," "Ulysses," and "Finnegans Wake" during the ramble, a 10K race that combines organizer Martin Hanley's love for running, Joyce, and acting.

Some actors worried that onlookers were more interested in the running than the reading. But ...

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