Captain Keller gives Annie two weeks there. After an epic battle at the breakfast table, Annie persuades the Kellers to let her remove Helen to a guest house, where she – Annie – would be in charge of Helen’s every need. Soon Helen and Annie are locked in a battle of wills Helen, used to having things her own way, resents Annie’s attempt at discipline. She and Captain Keller butt heads time and again, but in spite of that, Helen’s mother Kate is determined to make it work – Annie is Helen’s last hope. With her bad eyesight, Irish humor, and brash Yankee manners, Annie is not at all what this southern, well-bred family was expecting. Enter Annie Sullivan, a twenty year old former Perkin’s student. In desperation, her father, Captain Keller, writes to the Perkins Institute of the Blind in Boston and asks them to send a teacher who might be able to reach Helen. Years later, as a young girl, with no ability to communicate, she has become wild and undisciplined. Synopsis As a nineteen-month-old baby, Helen Keller was afflicted with a fever that left her blind and deaf. Vocabulary Words constitution acute congestion oculist impudence asylum defective affliction iota precocious governessĭesiccated famished temperance nincompoop obstinate deprive tantrum tyrant presume hireling disinterįrivolous scuttle epileptic siege interminable inadequate serene obedience exile aversion consummately Time, 1880s.Ĭharacters Helen Keller – a deaf and blind girl Kate – Helen’s mother Captain Keller – Helen’s father James – Helen’s older brother Aunt Ev – Captain Keller’s sister Annie Sullivan – Helen’s teacher Viney – the Keller’s servant Percy – the Keller’s servant Setting Various locations in and around Ivy Green, the Keller home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The Miracle Worker By William Gibson *Especially for Grades 6-12 Barter Theatre – Spring 2015 (NOTE: standards are included for reading the play and seeing a performance, as well as for completing the study guide.) Study Guide prepared by Catherine Bush Barter Playwright-in-Residence
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