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Agnes of God: A Drama (1982)

by John Pielmeier (Playwright)

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In this contemporary murder mystery set within the confines of a convent, Agnes is a devout, innocent young nun accused of infanticide. As a psychiatrist (herself a lapsed Catholic) and the Mother Superior struggle over Agnesâ?? fate, the play plunges into the mystery of faith and the consequence of truth.… (more)

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An audio production of the play. When a baby is found strangled with its own umbilical cord in the room of Agnes a young nun at a local convent, a psychiatrist who is also a lapsed Catholic, is called in to determine whether Agnes is criminally responsible. As the psychiatrist interviews both the Mother Superior and Agnes repeatedly to get to the bottom of what happened that night she will be forced to grapple with issues of faith and the possibility of miracles.

All three actresses in this production are powerhouses and make all of the emotions palpable to the listener. Compelling not only as a mystery but as a character study. ( )
  MickyFine | Jul 25, 2020 |
This is a very powerful play about the clash between fact and faith.

Dr. Martha Livingstone is a court appointed psychiatrist sent to discover what happend when an infant born to a young nun is found strangled. Her examination of Sister Agnes and conversations with Mother Miriam spark a debate on miracles and the art of what is possible with faith. ( )
  LynnB | Nov 18, 2013 |
The fascinating confrontation between unbroken faith and atheism; a battle of beliefs which will leave you wanting more. ( )
  Cecilturtle | Jun 2, 2006 |
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...why do you worry? What good would it do you if I told you she is indeed a saint? I cannot make saints, nor can the Pope. We can only recognize saints when the plainest evidence shows them to be saintly. If you think her a saint, she is a saint to you. What more do you ask? That is what we call the reality of the soul; you are foolish to demand the agreement of the world as welll...But it is the miracles that concern me. What you say takes no account of the miracles. Oh, miracles! They happen everywhere. They are conditional...Miracles are things that people cannot explain...Miracles depend much on time, and place, and what we know and do not know...Life is too great a miracle for us to make so much fuss about petty little reversals of what we pompously assume to be the natural order...Who is she? That is what you must discover...and you must find your answer in psychological trugh, not in objective truth...And while you are searching, get on with your own life and accept the possibility that it may be purchased at the price of hers and that this may be God's plan for you and her. -- Robertson Davies, Fifth Business
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I remember when I was a child I went to see Garbo's Camille, oh, at least five or six times.
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In this contemporary murder mystery set within the confines of a convent, Agnes is a devout, innocent young nun accused of infanticide. As a psychiatrist (herself a lapsed Catholic) and the Mother Superior struggle over Agnesâ?? fate, the play plunges into the mystery of faith and the consequence of truth.

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