The Hollow Hearted Heart

A very touching scene of man versus man compared to God interacting with man, as a prisoner relates to both.

Cast: 3
Narrator
Person in prison
God
This could have three speaking parts but we recommend a monologue spoken by narrator, with mimed actions by a man in prison and God.Ensure that mimed actions are “large” and expressive.
Narrator will be like an observer or journalist “looking closely” into all mimed actions, and himself expressing and reacting with appropriate mimed actions

Sound: piano mood music, (very low), would be useful throughout the piece

Costumes: narrator dressed along the lines of the poor ladies in the “Oliver” movie, dress and ragged shawl with boots
Man in prison wears torn jeans and shirt
God may be dressed in black so you can see only his hands, (or you may prefer white robe covering all but hands, face fully hidden).

Sample of script:

Narrator walks out slowly onto a dimly lit stage and looks at the man in prison. Man is rolled up on the floor in pain. Note narrator speaks all lines throughout the piece

“What happened?” they whisper.
“How did he get there?”
There imprisoned in the darkness….
The darkness of shame and dirty deeds.
“The giant has fallen” they proclaim.
“He looked so strong?”
“What went wrong?”
“What went wrong?”
Their words echo in the pain….
The pain and loneliness of his hopes and dreams.

narrator moves closer to prisoner

Everything he once believed,
Now seems like a desolate illusion.
Truth alludes him,
Darkness secludes him.
Words bring no comfort.
He’s lost in the rhetoric.
The empty rhetoric,
As empty as his hollow hearted heart.

prisoner mimes screaming, holds head in his hands

“Where are you God?” he screams.

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A very touching scene of man versus man compared to God interacting with man, as a prisoner relates to both.

Cast: 3
Narrator
Person in prison
God
This could have three speaking parts but we recommend a monologue spoken by narrator, with mimed actions by a man in prison and God.Ensure that mimed actions are “large” and expressive.
Narrator will be like an observer or journalist “looking closely” into all mimed actions, and himself expressing and reacting with appropriate mimed actions

Sound: piano mood music, (very low), would be useful throughout the piece

Costumes: narrator dressed along the lines of the poor ladies in the “Oliver” movie, dress and ragged shawl with boots
Man in prison wears torn jeans and shirt
God may be dressed in black so you can see only his hands, (or you may prefer white robe covering all but hands, face fully hidden).

Sample of script:

Narrator walks out slowly onto a dimly lit stage and looks at the man in prison. Man is rolled up on the floor in pain. Note narrator speaks all lines throughout the piece

“What happened?” they whisper.
“How did he get there?”
There imprisoned in the darkness….
The darkness of shame and dirty deeds.
“The giant has fallen” they proclaim.
“He looked so strong?”
“What went wrong?”
“What went wrong?”
Their words echo in the pain….
The pain and loneliness of his hopes and dreams.

narrator moves closer to prisoner

Everything he once believed,
Now seems like a desolate illusion.
Truth alludes him,
Darkness secludes him.
Words bring no comfort.
He’s lost in the rhetoric.
The empty rhetoric,
As empty as his hollow hearted heart.

prisoner mimes screaming, holds head in his hands

“Where are you God?” he screams.

The complete script, plus all 1,600+ other DramaShare scripts, are available at no charge to DramaShare members, non-members may purchase the individual script.