They are discussing a serious ailment which Helen has just barely survived. It is night, and three adults stand around the lamplit crib of the infant Helen Keller: her parents, Kate and Captain Arthur Keller, and a doctor. “ Helen & Teacher will look at her as a young adult when she developed a radical, world-changing political voice. The Miracle Worker is set in the 1880s and begins at the Keller home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The play opens March 3rd at the Circle in the Square. “Most people only know of Helen Keller's story from when she was a child,” Westmoreland said in a statement. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin will play Helen Keller in a Broadway revival of the play The Miracle Worker. Lisa Sutherland plays Annie, and the role of Helen.
Produced in consultation with the Helen Keller National Center for Youth and Adults, Helen & Teacher is set to follow Keller’s time at Radcliffe College of Harvard University in the early 1900's when her expanding view of the world despite her disabilities puts her in contact with Sullivan, a far more conservative woman whose friendship with Helen is soon threatened when she begins a courtship with young publisher John Macy. Characters often turn away from the audience while speaking, so that their faces are not easily seen. Weve watched all of the movies we can find about Helen Keller (even the critically-dissed TV special), and it was a treat to watch Patty Duke, who played Helen. Based on an original screenplay by Laetitia Mikles and Westmoreland, Deaf actress Millicent Simmonds and Rachel Brosnahan have been tapped for the film’s lead roles, playing Deafblind trailblazer Helen Keller and her translator and companion Anne Sullivan, respectively. Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring and unforgettable play has moved countless readers and. As part of yet another biopic hitting our screens, director Wash Westmoreland has found the cast for his new film, Helen & Teacher.