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...also cited a letter he received from Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and chairman of the PBH faculty committee, "applauding" an "open search," and said this indicated that PBH concurred with the decision...
...efficient ruler who usurped the throne. Only in Henry V are legitimacy and lustrous leadership combined in one man. Last summer, the American Shakespeare Theater's new artistic director, Peter Coe, chose Henry V to inaugurate his tenure and was lucky enough to enlist the formidable Christropher Plummer for the title role. Coe is kicking off this season with the second play in the sequence, which the AST has not offered for 20 years...
...community and support. Their vision drew strong criticism from faculty members, students and administrators who argued that such a center would be "separatist" and would strengthen rather than soothe racial divisions. In an attempt to resolve the issue, President Bok appointed a committee chaired by Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, to examine the whole proposal. After a summer of research and an autumn of discussion, the committee returned with its conclusions. Rejecting the center idea, it proposed instead a Foundation dedicated to the enhancement of "the quality of our common life...
...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 Page), appoints herself as guardian of the girl's interests...
...Pielmeier flunks his metaphysical, he gives his players every chance for a sublime, exhausting workout onstage. Forget Equus; think of The Exorcist. Watch Plummer as she scales the sloping back wall of Eugene Lee's set, as blood gushes from the stigmata in her palms, as she wrenchingly relives her murdered child's birth. The show, not the play, is the thing here. And Plummer- a scarily gifted actress with a waif's face and a voice that intones words as if she had learned them at Berlitz school on Mars- puts on an extraordinary show...