William Gibson

Drama

7m, 7f

Unit set.

Immortalized 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 the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water".

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

Slightly Restricted

FEE: $100 per performance.

NOTE: Following instructions from the author, this play may be released only to amateur groups at which the audience is non segregated.

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