![]() ![]() In 1962, he saw both plays make it to Hollywood, writing the screenplay for The Miracle Worker himself and receiving an Academy Award nomination for his work. He won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1960. The stage version of The Miracle Worker opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Octowith Bancroft as Sullivan and Patty Duke as Keller. First Pocket books printing July 2002, Mass Market Paperback, 120 pages. Gibson's next Broadway outing may have ran less performances hardly-a healthy 719, but is considered his masterpiece. The Miracle Worker: A Play (Mass Market Paperback) Published January 1st 2002 by Pocket. He received his first Tony nomination for Best Play for the show, which was a hit for 750 performances at the Booth Theatre. In 1958, Gibson made his Broadway debut, writing the play Two for the Seesaw, a New York City love story about a married lawyer Henry Fonda and a kooky dancer Anne Bancroft. Gibson first adapted the story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, into a TV teleplay called The Miracle Worker in 1957 for the Playhouse 90 series. ![]() Playwright William Gibson, best known for his well-loved play The Miracle Worker, died on November 25 at the age of 95. ![]()
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