How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden and Judi Dench??
How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden and Judi Dench??
#1How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden and Judi Dench??
Posted: 8/20/09 at 1:54pm
I love this play and would love to see a full scale revival of it on Broadway. It's never had a revival and someone like Harden would be fantastic as Dr. Livingstone, I think!
Maybe Miley Cyrus as Agnes? 
Updated On: 8/20/09 at 01:54 PM
#2re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 1:56pmI'd love to see a revival of this, and you're right... she would be fantastic. The work is a bit dated in terms of the psychology it uses, but I think it's still an excellent piece.
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dramamama611
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#2re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 2:09pm
Lordy, I hope you were joking about Cyrus.
Harden would be fab....so who for the Mother Superior?
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#3re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 2:10pm
LOL. I was joking about Cyrus. I actually wouldn't mind seeing Katie Holmes tackle that role.
And in a perfect world, I'd love to see Judi Dench as Mother Superior.
Updated On: 8/20/09 at 02:10 PM
dramamama611
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#4re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 2:42pm
Whew.
Judi Dench? WOW, an amazing idea!
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#5re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 2:43pm
I'm sure a Hardin/Dench play will never happen but wouldn't it be "divine"?
Edit - I liked the idea so much I changed the thread title!
Updated On: 8/20/09 at 02:43 PM
#6re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 3:15pmI would have a theatrical heart attack if Harden and Dench were not just on the same stage, but in this play. Perfection.
Gothampc
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#7re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 4:53pm
If we're pairing Judi Dench and Marcia Gay Harden, I'd rather see them in a production of Three Tall Women.
I'd like to see a Broadway production of "Collected Stories" with Judi Dench.
I've never really liked Agnes of God. It seems like a theater night of "too much work and not much return". But how about Amy Adams as Agnes.
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#8re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 5:12pmI'd love to see former co-stars Amy Morton and Deanna Dunagan team up again as Dr. Livingstone and Mother Superior, respectively.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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#9re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 5:24pmI think Susan Louise O'Connor, who just finished stealing scenes from the likes of Lansbury, Atkinson, Ebersole and Everett as the maid in Blithe Spirit, would make an excellent Agnes.
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#10re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 6:28pm
I saw the original play, and I have to admit that Harden and Dench would get me back to NYC in a flash.
Dench may be too British for the part, but my initial reaction was that it didn't matter.
And I would LOVE to see them lock horns in those scenes! Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Ashley were brilliant.
As for Agnes? Amy Adams. Although she may be "nunned out" by now.
If not her, then Scarlett Johannson.
Or ... and she's really young, but it could work ... Dakota Fanning. She's fifteen now. And I think she could nail it. Having Agnes be that age would be very jarring.
As for other Mother Superiors ... Glenn Close. Estelle Parsons.
But with this play, you're going to want super-hot names. Movie actor names. I think Dench and Harden would sell lots of tickets.
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#11re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 7:15pm
I gotta tell you the idea of Judi Dench, Marcia Gay Harden & Dakota Fanning is a wet theatrical dream.
Any producers out there reading this?? You can take ALLLLLLLLLLL the credit for yourself if you want to, just GET THIS ON THE STAGE!!! :)
#12re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/20/09 at 7:20pm
Having Dakota as Agnes would add a whooooole new layer to the play. And I think she would be brilliant.
How about Allison Pill? Maybe it's just because I love her so much and am DYING for her to really make a huge name for herself.
#13re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/21/09 at 12:20am
I LOVE Allison Pill! Yes yes!
Oh...this would be brilliant :)
I'm not a fan of Dakota Fanning (pun unintended). But then again child actors have always bothered me, and now that she's getting older she could win me over. But I gotta go with Allison Pill. I agree it's about time for her make a name for herself. Especially with Reasons to be Pretty not working out...sad, she could have gotten a Tony nod for that one. But she seems to have her sights set on movies...
#14re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/21/09 at 12:23am
This thread has made me way too excited.
Edited because I'm stupid
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Updated On: 8/21/09 at 12:23 AM
#15re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/21/09 at 12:22pmI watched the movie again last night and think Jane Fonda might actually make a good Mother Superior now.
dramamama611
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#16re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/21/09 at 12:27pm
I thought the same thing about Fonda.
I totally second Allison Pill. She'd ROCK.
And I don't think they'd need ALL three to be 'known' entities...one big name would do it...two at the most.
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#17re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/21/09 at 3:11pmThere are so many talented actresses who could do wonders with this play. I think Laura Linney as Dr. Livingstone would be an excellent choice. I also think Mary Louise Wilson would be a great Mother Superior, though she doesn't have the star power of other potential choices. As for Agnes, I'd prefer to see a non-star or celebrity in that role. It's a great opportunity for an unknown talent and I think the character of Agnes works best when you're not distracted by the persona of the actor playing her.
#18re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 8/21/09 at 3:14pm
"As for Agnes, I'd prefer to see a non-star or celebrity in that role."
I agree, that's why I suggested Susan Louise O'Connor.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#19re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 5/26/15 at 3:03pm
6 years later and I still wanna see Harden & Dench do this play.
#20re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 5/26/15 at 3:18pm
I didn't realize this thread was from '09 and was like, 'Bitches...Amy Adams is FORTY!'
And then I saw Besty say Dakota Fanning was 15 and I was all, 'Besty is having a stroke.'
LarryD2
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#21re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 5/26/15 at 3:29pm
About a decade ago, Roundabout produced an incredible reading featuring Viola Davis as Dr. Livingstone, Lynn Redgrave as Mother Superior and Anne Hathaway as Agnes. Of course, Ms. Redgrave is no longer with us and Hathaway has aged out of the part, but Viola Davis could still play Martha. (It's a shame that reading never made it to a full production -- they tried)
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#22re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 5/26/15 at 3:54pm
my vote:
Kathleen Chalfant, Angela Bassett and Alexandra Socha
LarryD2
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#23re: How about a revival of AGNES OF GOD with Marcia Gay Harden?
Posted: 5/26/15 at 5:21pm
After seeing THE LIBRARY last year, I believe Chloe Grace Moretz could handle Agnes. Round it out with Viola Davis and Ellen Burstyn.
