From left, Mollie Smith as Helen Keller and Anna DeHart as Annie Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker” at the Actors Guild of Parkersburg. The show opens 8 p.m. Jan. 17 and runs Jan. 18-19 and Jan ...

Photo Provided From left, Mollie Smith as Helen Keller and Anna DeHart as Annie Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker” at the Actors Guild of Parkersburg. The show opens 8 p.m. Jan. 17 and runs Jan ...

A celebrated television show, later a critical, artistic and popular hit on the stage, the Fred Coe production was directed by Arthur Penn, who staged the legit version, and stars Anne Bancroft ...

Already, Anne Bancroft was The Miracle Worker of Playwright William Gibson’s impressive new play (TIME, Nov. 2). Beginning of an Era. Even for the vast and vocal audience that recognized the ...