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The Miracle Worker: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Richard Joy, Teresa Wright, Burl Ives, John Drew Barrymore. The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Arthur Penn
- 1957-02-07
The success of Playhouse 90 continued into the 1957-58 season with productions of The Miracle Worker, The Comedian, and The Helen Morgan Story. Although these shows, along with Requiem and Judgment at Nuremberg , were enough to ensure the historical importance of Playhouse 90 , the program also stood out because of its emergence in the "film ...
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"Playhouse 90" The Miracle Worker (TV Episode 1957) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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]
- William Gibson
- 1957
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It was the 19th episode during the first season of Playhouse 90----one of the greatest gems of the Golden Age of Television. This is where the Gibson-Penn collaboration first began. It had a different cast then---Teresa Wright played Annie and Patty McCormack was Helen.
The Miracle Worker is the nineteenth episode of the first season of Playhouse 90, and the nineteenth episode overall. Starring: Guest Starring: Co-Starring: Contents. 1 Plot Overview. 2 Notes. 3 Trivia. 3.1 The Show. 3.2 Behind the Scenes. 3.3 Allusions and References. 3.4 Memorable Moments. 4 Quotes. Plot Overview. Notes. Trivia. The Show.
