Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...production of Agnes of God is as emotional and moving an exploration of the place of religion and sainthood in modern society as one could wish to see. The difficult and often heart-wrenching questions of what constitutes true blessedness and of the appropriateness of such a state of grace in the 20th century are discussed and disected with a rhetorical grace and lack of dogmatic insistence that makes the work a constant joy to witness...
...aside the unquestionable excellence of the play itself, Agnes of God is further blessed in having a sensitive, if occasionally melodramatic cast. Lisa Langford is is both clever and witty as Dr. Livingstone, the psychiatrist assigned to Agnes' case and probably one of the more endearing chainsmokers ever to grace the stage. She becomes the one reliable narrator in the play, a paragon of humor and good sense in an otherwise unrelievedly gothic atmosphere of religious excess. Her exploration of Agnes' past and her search for an alternate ending becomes that of the audience. She is reality personified, confronting...
...humbling opponents with lesser talent, Edge always displayed an appropriate mixture of humor and grace. She lent a singular air of sportsmanship to her matches...
...true that Kalb, a former CBS and NBC diplomatic correspondent, has found a less visible role for himself at Harvard--indeed, his arrival at the Kennedy School last year coincided with his removal from Who's Who in America. Despite this fall from grace, Kalb has established himself as an oft-quoted and--pundit or not--an influential figure in the campaign which reaches Massachusetts tomorrow...
...pressure. Maybe it was the ice, which she had complained about earlier in the week. Or maybe it was the fact that she skated last and had a hard time staying at her peak as the evening dragged on. Whatever it was, Thomas handled the outcome with grace. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry," she mouthed to McGowan as she skated off the ice. Minutes later she said, "I'm not going to make any excuses. It wasn't supposed to happen, I guess. But I tried." McGowan was more openly emotional. "I've never seen Debi skate like that...