Coming to Legacy this March is THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson.
Immortalized on-screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this Tony Award-winning play is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. With compassion, humor, and dramatic tension, The Miracle Worker explores the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher and her headstrong charge.
Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, young Helen is violent and spoiled, treated by her family as subhuman. Only Annie sees a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from Helen's dark, tortured silence. After scenes of intense physical and emotional struggle, Helen's breakthrough finally arrives with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water."
The Miracle Worker premiered on Broadway at the Playhouse Theatre in New York City on October 19, 1959. Directed by Arthur Penn, the production starred Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.