The Miracle Worker | Critical Overview
When The Miracle Worker first opened on Broadway on October 19,1959, it was an instant popular success. Despite mixed reviews from the press, it had no trouble attracting 1,000 theatergoers a night during the length of its run. The Miracle Worker was William Gibson's second play to be produced on Broadway, and because of its success with the public, it is also the play for which he is best known and the one on which his reputation as a playwright rests.
The positive critiques of The Miracle Worker focus mostly on Gibson's honest and unsentimental treatment...
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