The Miracle Worker (play)

The Miracle Worker
Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker, 1960
Written byWilliam Gibson
CharactersAnnie Sullivan
Helen Keller
Captain Arthur Keller
Kate Keller
James Keller
Aunt Ev (Evelyn)
Anagnos
Viney
Date premieredOctober 19, 1959
Place premieredPlayhouse Theatre
Original languageEnglish
SettingTuscumbia, Alabama

The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name. It was based on Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life.

The play's title was inspired by a Mark Twain quote: "Helen is a miracle, and Miss Sullivan is the miracle worker".[1]

  1. ^ Gibson, William (October 14, 1979). "Looking Back At The Miracle Worker on TV". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.

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