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Search all shows. Monologues from Plays. Search all monologues from plays. Search all monologues. Scenes from Plays. Search all scenes from plays. They leave and when Swallow arrives home. Boone tells her she should be careful as there is a Devil on the loose.
Swallow replies that Jesus will protect her and storms off. They go to the barn and Swallow gives the man his package. He asks her what he can do for her and she tells him to tell Poor Baby why he let his kitten die. Poor Baby is not satisfied with this explanation and accuses him being a normal human being.
He storms out of the barn. The man explains to Swallow that everyone — including her mother — has to die sometime. Swallow tells the man that she was almost killed by a train but she was not scared because she knew he was with her in her heart and that he loved her. After she leaves, the man contemplates the regrets that he has had in life as he opens the package that Swallow delivered.
It is a gun. Amos arrives and asks her if she has seen Swallow. Angrily, Candy tells him she has been waiting hours for him and that he will never leave — he will grow old and die in that town. Amos leaves and Daryl arrives, telling Candy what he saw and heard in the tunnel. He explains that the escaped killer is hiding in Swallows barn and that she thinks he is Jesus. During the meeting, Candy, Amos and Swallow arrive. Amos tries to tell her that he did not tell Candy, but Swallow rushes off to warn the man.
The sheriff tells Candy to get on a bus out of town and not to come back. On her way to the barn, Swallow meets her father. He tells her not to go to the barn but Swallow says that he does not care about her — the man does and he loves her. She runs off. The townspeople head towards the barn to kill the Devil who is hiding there. The children block the entrance to protect him while Swallow rushes in to warn him.
The man says he has to make a run for it but Swallow tells him that she will keep him safe. He tries to tell her that she has got him all wrong and that she should get out of the barn. Swallow replies that she knows who he is. He asks what if he had spent five years in prison and that the wounds were self-inflicted to help him escape. Swallow says she would not believe him. He asks whether Jesus would lie. Swallow tells him that even if he had done something too terrible to imagine, she would forgive him.
He is as attracted to her innocence as Amos is, but for different reasons. It is clear that Amos is a pretty average young man. The attentions of Amos make him very possessive. Amos leaves Candy waiting while he pursues Swallow. The man entertains the children as best he can. Mitchell Stewart gives a performance that strongly taps into the profundity of this character. There is a still a cheeky, playful boy hiding in the man.
He still has hope and exudes an almost ethereal quality. Gifts from the children capture his heart. What makes him such a tragic character is that we can see what worthy qualities he does have.
There were a lot of cast members to outfit, but costumiers Fiona and Emma Sparrow achieved what was probably the desired look — a motley collection of mostly pious and respectable, though rather poor, citizens from rural Louisiana. There were clearly some skilled and talented scenery painters. The sensational score, for 14 players, travels through the rousing gospel opening of The Vaults of Heaven through pulsating rock songs such as Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts , via the lilting melody of the title track Whistle Down the Wind and the song which became a No 1 hit for Boyzone, No Matter What.
Intense, satisfying, gripping drama. Brilliantly Theatrical" What's On in London "A clutch of melodies crying out to be hummed all the way home. A Superb Uplifting Evening" Michael Coveney, Daily Mail "Hugely entertaining with a gripping tear jerker of a finale that had the first night audience on their feet, cheering.
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