Word: infantes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Agnes of God, just opened on Broadway, begins with a grisly anecdote: a young nun gives birth in her convent, strangles the infant and stuffs it in a wastebasket. From this tabloid tale, John Pielmeier has fashioned a mystery play about an enduring theological riddle: the virgin birth. Who sired Sister Agnes' child? A visiting priest? A local farm hand? Perhaps God himself? To determine whether Agnes (Amanda Plummer) is fit to stand trial for the murder, the court appoints a psychiatrist, Dr. Martha Livingstone (Elizabeth Ashley), to examine her. Soon enough, Agnes' superior, Mother Miriam Ruth (Geraldine...
...busy session last night, the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) deferred setting a date for another open meeting and voted on IT shareholder resolutions, which covered topics ranging from infant-formula marketing to the MX missile...
...name is Maria Victoria Walesa, and since her birth on Jan. 27 the infant daughter of Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa, 38, has received more attention than any other child born in recent Polish history. From just about everyone, that is, except her father. Interned by Polish military authorities-at a villa near Warsaw-since Dec. 13, Walesa has missed the early weeks of life of his seventh child. News of Maria Victoria's scheduled christening this past weekend near Gdansk was followed closely by millions of Poles. To perk up her own spirits-and maybe even Baby Maria Victoria...
...rather risk injury or death than have their secret exposed. In cases of extreme poverty or fear of disclosure, the last alternative would be to have the child-without the means or desire to care for it. But the statistics proving the rise in unwanted children, homeless youths, and infant murders will not haunt the 10 Judiciary Committee Senators responsible for the carnage...
...Cradle Will Rock, the first offering, the duplicity lies in the strange shadows the subject matter casts. Written by Marc Blitzstein in the depths of the depression. Cradle paints the struggles of infant unionism through a severe but jazzy stylization. The single piano hammers in the background as the residents of "Steeltown, U.S.A." battle the manipulations of the inexorable, cigar-chomping "Mister Mister" (David Reiffel). Mister Mister owns the factories and the town newspaper and heads the union-busting Liberty Committee, his wife bribes the preacher to fan war hysteria so steel prices will stay high, while his henchman track...