Stage: Appeared (as "Helen Keller"; Broadway debut) in "The Miracle Worker" on Broadway. Drama. Written by
William Gibson. Directed by
Arthur Penn. Playhouse Theatre: 19 Oct 1959-1 Jul 1961 (719 performances). Cast:
Anne Bancroft (as "Annie Sullivan"),
Dale Ellen Bethea (as "Child"),
Juanita Bethea (as "Mary"), Miriam Butler (as "Martha"),
Kathleen Comegys (as "Aunt Ev"),
James Congdon (as "James Keller"),
Michael Constantine (as "Anagnos"),
Roger De Koven (as "Doctor"), Caswell Fairweather (as "Percy"), Lori Heineman (as "Child"), Rita Levy (as "Child"), John Marriott (as "John"), Eileen Musumeci (as "Child"),
Patricia Neal (as "Kate Keller"), Donna Pastore (as "Child"),
Beah Richards (as "Viney"; Broadway debut), Lynn Schoenfeld (as "Child"),
Torin Thatcher (as "Capt. Keller"). Understudies: Dale Ellen Bethea (as "Martha" / "Percy"), Juanita Bethea (as "Mary" / "Viney"), Clarice Blackburn (as "Kate Keller"). Replacement actors during run:
R.G. Armstrong (as "Capt. Keller"), Mary Bell (as "Aunt Ev"), Dale Ellen Bethea (as "Martha"),
Clarice Blackburn (as "Kate Keller"), Clifford Cothren (as "Doctor"),
Candace Culkin (as "Child Jack Hollander (as "Anagnos" / "Doctor"), Karen Lee (as "Child"),
Geoffrey Lumb (as "Capt. Keller"),
Suzanne Pleshette (as "Annie Sullivan"). Understudies:
Clifford Cothren (as "Anagnos"), Candace Culkin (as "Helen Keller"),
Jack Hollander (as "Anagnos" / "Capt. Keller"), Ruth Hope (as "Aunt Ev"),
Tresa Hughes (as "Annie Sullivan"),
Karen Stride (as "Helen Keller"),
Bronia Wheeler (credited as Bronia Stefan; as "Annie Sullivan"). NOTE: FIlmed as
The Miracle Worker (1962).
