1. The Miracle Worker Broadway
Lauren Beck

2. What was The Miracle Worker?
The Broadway film was based on Helen Keller’s best selling book The Story of my Life. The Miracle Worker is set in the 1880s and begins at the Keller home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. It’s first performance was on October
It had a total of 719 performances. It’s closing date was on July 1st

3. Who was Helen Keller?
Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Beginning in 1887, her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her greatly progress w ith her ability to communicate, and she went on to become a college graduating in The Miracle Worker was a 20th century Broadway show about Helen Keller. Helen was a deaf-blind child. She developed this disability because of an illness she had when she was 3 years old.

4. Annie Sullivan with young Helen Keller
Born Johanna Mansfield Sullivan April 14, 1866 Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts Died October 20, 1936 (aged 70) Forest Hills, Queens, New York, U.S. Spouse John Albert Macy (1905–1932)
Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy, known as Anne Sullivan, was an American teacher, best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. she became a teacher to Keller when she was 20.
Annie Sullivan with young Helen Keller

5. Productions Play, Drama Performance Count: 719
Specifics
Dates
Play, Drama Performance Count: 719
Opening: Oct 19, 1959 Closing: Jul 01, 1961
WOW!

6. What genre is The Miracle Worker?
Film adaptation Costume drama
Biographical film Drama

7. Costumes

8. . United Artists originally offered a $2- million budget if writer William Gibson and director Arthur Penn would cast either Elizabeth Taylor or Audrey Hepburn in the role of Annie Sullivan. When they insisted that the part be recreated by Tony Award winner Anne Bancroft, UA cut the budget by $1.5 million
FUN FACTS
When Patty Duke won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress she became the youngest actor to win a competitive Academy Award.
Patty Duke later played Annie Sullivan (with Melissa Gilbert as Helen Keller) in a 1979 TV production of The Miracle Worker (1979).

9. Patty Duke Patty Duke played Helen Keller in the original Broadway.
Born: December 14, 1946, Elmhurst, New York City, NY
Died: March 29, 2016, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Cause of death: Sepsis from a ruptured intestine
Spouse: Michael Pearce (m. 1986–2016),
Children: Sean Astin, Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Pearce
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke was an American actress, appearing on stage , film, and television. She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker .

10. Dates
Arthur Penn
Born Arthur Hiller Penn September 27, 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died September 28, 2010 (aged 88) New York City, New York, United States Occupation Film director, producer Spouse Peggy Maurer (1955–2010; his death) Children Matthew Penn, Molly Penn
Director
Arthur Penn was an American director and producer of film, television and theater. Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s

11. Helen Keller Famous Quotes
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.