Word: keller
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Mary Agnes ("Polly") Thomson, 75, longtime word-of-finger translator and "sister" to blind, deaf Author-Educator Helen Keller; after long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Glasgow-born Polly Thomson, who never lost her Scottish burr, came to the U.S. in 1913, was hired by Helen Keller's formidable teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, as secretary, stayed on after "Teacher" died in 1936 asking that Helen and Polly-"my two children"-remain together. Polly's "talking" fingers, working at a rate of 85 words a minute tapping out letters in Helen Keller's palm, became Helen...
...Miracle Worker. Actress Anne Bancroft plays the Irish tutor who draws the deaf-mute child Helen Keller (Patty Duke) into the light of language. The play is uncoordinated, but the acting makes for a deeply moving evening...
...Miracle Worker. Although William Gibson's play about the young Helen Keller often lacks skill, it becomes a deeply moving theatrical experience through the performances of Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke...
...Miracle Worker. William Gibson's treatment of the early life of Helen Keller falls short of masterful playwriting, but adds up to a moving and worthwhile evening of theater. With Anne Bancroft and 13-year-old Patty Duke...
...Miracle Worker. William Gibson's treatment of the early life of Helen Keller falls short of masterful playwriting but adds up to a moving and altogether worthwhile evenig of theater. With Anne Bancroft and 13-year-old Patty Duke...