Profile: William Gibson's play "The Miracle Worker"

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: August 10, 2004| Author: RENEE MONTAGNE | Copyright information


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08-10-2004

Profile: William Gibson's play "The Miracle Worker"

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

A young man stumbled on a book in a Massachusetts library and it changed his life. The man is William Gibson. The book was the autobiography of Annie Sullivan. She was the woman who opened the world to a little girl named Helen Keller who could not see, hear or speak. Inspired by Annie...

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