The miracle worker act 1 summary

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Her parents have pampered her and she is wild and strange as well. Annie Sullivan takes the hardest responsibility of teaching Helen who is both blind and deaf. It shows us how an individual’s determination and perseverance lead to one’s success. The play revolves around two characters, Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller. “The Miracle Worker” is a biographical play that deals with the childhood education of Helen Keller. He continued writing after those plays but found less success. The latter won him the Tony Award for Best Play. Gibson broke the shackles with his upcoming two plays “Two for the Seesaw” and “The Miracle Worker”. He wrote a novel The Cobweb (1951) stimulated by his time at the psychiatric clinic. He married Margaret Brenman-Gibson who was a psychotherapist. He started working in a psychiatric clinic to earn his living. After graduation, he tried his luck in writing different literary pieces but could not succeed. During his stay at the college, he was very much interested in theatre and he worked there mainly. He went to City College of New York from where he got his graduation. He mainly wrote for theatre from where he got fame as a playwright.

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William Gibson was an American novelist and a playwright.

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