The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson

Name: The Miracle Worker
Brand: William Gibson
SKU: 9780573612381
Rating: 4 (35378 reviews)

The Miracle Worker Book Cover — The Miracle Worker Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

1900-1910 Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Winner! Four 1960 Tony Awards, including Best Play

Synopsis

Drama / 7m 7f / Unit setImmortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student blind and mute Helen Keller.

The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge.

Trapped in a secret silent world unable to communicate Helen is violent spoiled almost sub-human and treated by her family as such.

Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from

Press Reviews

"Terrifically effective... the playwright, William Gibson, takes time out for tears throughout, all the while remaining truthful to noble themes: the power of teaching, the glory and the life of the mind."
— The New York Times

"Interesting, absorbing and moving."
— The New York Post

"A still-potent example of a powerful true-life story related in heart-tugging fashion... If anyone can remain unmoved during the famous climactic water-pump scene, they're made of stern stuff, indeed."
— The Hollywood Reporter

"Luminous... Something monumental happens when 7-year-old Helen Keller, pumping water into a pitcher, makes the essential learning connection, from sensation to symbol to meaning."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Kate Helen's mother	female	—	Helen's mother
Captain Keller Helen's father, Kate's husband	male	—	Helen's father, Kate's husband
Helen struck deaf and blind by a fever she had as an infant	female	—	struck deaf and blind by a fever she had as an infant
Martha a servant child	—	—	a servant child
Percy a servant child	—	—	a servant child
Aunt Ev	—	—	—
James Keller Captain Keller's son	—	—	Captain Keller's son
Anagnos instructor at the Perkins Institute for the Blind	—	—	instructor at the Perkins Institute for the Blind
Annie Sullivan 20, Helen's teacher, has a severe vision impairment	—	—	20, Helen's teacher, has a severe vision impairment
Viney a servant	—	—	a servant
Blind Girls students at the Perkins Institute	—	—	students at the Perkins Institute
A Servant	—	—	—
Offstage Voices	—	—	—
A Doctor	—	—	—