Agnes of God (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Pielmeier
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Plot: Miracle play; tragedy
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: A convent
- Principal Characters: Dr. Martha Livingstone, Mother Miriam Ruth, Sister Agnes
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragedy, Miracle play
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Pregnancy, Faith, Miracles, Catholics or Catholic Church, Clergy, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Convents or nunneries, Nuns, Belief or doubt
- Locales: United States
The Play
Agnes of God is a tragedy. Sister Agnes, a twenty-one-year-old nun, is accused of strangling her newborn child and discarding it into the wastebasket in her convent room. Her pregnancy and the birth of the child were kept secret, until Agnes is discovered unconscious and bleeding profusely outside her room. Sister Agnes professes no knowledge of the baby’s birth or death, offers no reason for the presence of the body in her room, and, until she is hypnotized, claims to have no recollection of ever conceiving. Mother Miriam believes Agnes exists on a different...
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