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Agnes of God is a 1979 play by American playwright John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth but does not believe she has. After the child is found dead, a psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The title is a pun on the Latin phrase Agnus Dei ("lamb of God").
Pielmeier has written extensively for the stage, but his later work never achieved the success he experienced with Agnes of God. On Broadway, The Boys of Winter (1985) [5] and Sleight of Hand (1987) [6] both ran for 31 previews and 9 performances, and Voices in the Dark (1999) [7] ran for 12 previews and 64 performances.
Agnes of God is a 1985 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly. It was written by John Pielmeier, based on his 1979 play of the same name. The plot is about a novice nun (Tilly) who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virginal conception. A ...
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea – John Patrick Shanley (1982) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – August Wilson (1982) Agnes of God – John Pielmeier (1979) FOB – David Henry Hwang (1979) Bent – Martin Sherman (1978) Uncommon Women and Others – Wendy Wasserstein (1977) A History of the American Film – Christopher Durang (1976)
Agnes of God (1979), by John Pielmeier; The Aliens (2010), by Annie Baker; All Because of Agatha (1964), by Jonathan Troy; All My Sons (1947), by Arthur Miller [1] All New People (2011), by Zach Braff; All Summer Long (1953), by Robert Anderson; All the Way (2012), by Robert Schenkkan; All the Way Home (1960), by Tad Mosel; American Buffalo ...
Dr. Martha Livingstone in Agnes of God by John Pielmeier, directed by Marius Oltean; The chief nurse in Veronika Decides To Die, adaptation by Gelu Colceag and George Banica after the homonymous novel by Paulo Coelho, directed by Gelu Colceag; Colette Duduleanu in The Rattlers by Al. Kiritescu, directed by Alexandru Dabija
This is a list of plays other than those written by William Shakespeare (covered by the above section) that have been adapted into feature films.The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film's director.
Agnes of God, Screenplay by John Pielmeier; Based on his play; The Color Purple, Screenplay by Menno Meyjes; Based on the novel by Alice Walker; Out of Africa, Screenplay by Kurt Luedtke; Based on the book Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story Teller by Judith Thurman and the book Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski