THE FERRYMAN Ending (Spoilers)- Page 2

[Mike66]

Posted: 1/26/19 at 2:08pm

It's Uncle Pat who talks about the Ferryman on the River Styx.  His point being that The Ferryman cannot take a soul to rest (to either heaven or hell) until there is a body.  So Uncle Pat inquires of the priest as to what happens to someone's soul in the time between death and the discovery of the body of the deceased.

The written play states specifically that Aunt Maggie Far Away hears Banshees in the final scene.

Updated On: 1/26/19 at 02:08 PM

[LLW2]

Posted: 1/26/19 at 6:16pm

Mike66 said: "The written play states specifically that Aunt Maggie Far Away hears Banshees in the final scene."

It says we do too! The stage directions say, "Outside, the Banshees scream. It rises." I don't remember hearing offstage screams, but as others have said, there's a heck of a lot going on in that last minute.

I'm intrigued by your idea that Oisin set the goose free deliberately, that it wasn't an accident. That adds a layer to the Act I ending.

 

[Mike66]

Posted: 1/26/19 at 8:27pm

LLW2 said: "Mike66 said: "The written play states specifically that Aunt Maggie Far Away hears Banshees in the final scene."

It says we do too! The stage directions say, "Outside, the Banshees scream. It rises." I don't remember hearing offstage screams, but as others have said, there's a heck of a lot going on in that last minute."

The final page of the play reads (in part):

The sound getting closer.  Screaming.

The sreaming builds.

Outside, the Banshees scream.  It rises.

The screams rise.

The screams rise.

The final candle flickers and dies.  And as it does --

Silence

Darkness

Curtain

[Mike66]

Posted: 1/26/19 at 8:35pm

LLW2 wrote:   I'm intrigued by your idea that Oisin set the goose free deliberately, that it wasn't an accident. That adds a layer to the Act I ending.

OMG -- I just went back and looked at the end of Act I.  Now I'm more sure of the idea than ever.  Now add to all that -- exactly how is the goose slaughtered?  Yeah, that too.

[SilveryJessica2]

Posted: 3/14/19 at 10:17am

I could not agree more.  I quite enjoyed the play, but that ending was hugely problematic for me in terms of writing, execution and staging.

[Kitsune]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 12:47pm

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Count me among those who liked the ending. I felt it was earned with everything that had been built up.

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 2:34pm

^ There was nothing in the spoiler tag. 

 

I love the theory that he sets the Goose free deliberately. Man, I need to see this play again.