The Miracle Worker | |
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Written by | William Gibson |
Characters | Annie Sullivan Helen Keller Captain Arthur Keller Kate Keller James Keller Aunt Ev (Evelyn) Anagnos Viney |
Date premiered | October 19, 1959 |
Place premiered | Playhouse Theatre |
Original language | English |
Setting | Tuscumbia, 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]