 Event |
The Miracle Worker
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| Venue |
National Theatre, Launceston, TAS |
| First Date |
28 February 1963 |
| Opening Date |
28 February 1963 |
| Last Date |
2 March 1963 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
This is the tale of an illiterate Irish girl - herself only partially - sighted, who wrought a miracle in the life of a grievously afflicted child. William Gibson's dramatisation of the childhood of Helen Keller presents her at the age of 7 - blind, deaf, mute, a tormented little animal grunting and stumbling in a blank, incomprehensible void. After years of professional care had failed, her parents in Alabama brought in a young woman - Anni Sullivan - slum bred, who undertook to break through the numb barrier surrounding Helen. At this point Gibson's play commences. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
United States of America
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Full contributor list not added.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
CHS 15, 6/3, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victroia Museum and Art Gallery |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
100190 |
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