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...seasons ago, an unknown author named William Gibson, an unknown actress named Anne Bancroft, a television producer named Fred Coe and a director named Arthur Penn reached Broadway with a two-character play, Two for the Seesaw. It was such a solid hit that it is still running today. This team's second effort, The Miracle Worker, came to the Wilbur Theatre in Boston Tuesday night. It is a gripping, magnificently performed piece of stagecraft, and it should have no difficulty in duplicating and surpassing the success of Seesaw...
...sympathy. But Gibson's task is a far more demanding one: while Schary could work with the breezy personality of the adult F.D.R., Gibson has as his heroine a six-year-old girl who cannot speak a word. There is, of course, the wonderful Annie, beautifully played by Miss Bancroft, but Helen remains the central figure, an unusual and tremendously difficult character...
...ARCY K. BANCROFT Winnipeg...
...Seesaw. An uneven but touching duet of loneliness and humor. The entire cast: Anne Bancroft, Dana Andrews...
...Seesaw. Two lonely people by New York's late and early light, too much in love-and a little too neurotic-to say good night. The entire cast: Dana Andrews and Anne Bancroft...