We consider the three roles of this song - in the play, on the album, and as a piece of music in isolation - as Pete, Martin & Sam dig into the value of variation in music, the wash of emotion in Woe, and the restrained delivery of Kitty White.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Woe, Blood Money, Tom Waits (2002)

Plain Gold Ring, single, Kitty White (1956)

Plain Gold Ring, Little Girl Blue, Nina Simone (1958)

Plain Gold Ring, Live Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1993)

Plain Gold Ring, Vows, Kimbra (2011)

Plain Gold Ring, If You Knew Her, Zara McFarlane (2013)

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