Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring and unforgettable play has moved countless readers and become an American classic. Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Despite the Kellers' resistance and the belief that Helen "is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open," Annie suspects that within Helen lies the potential for more, if only she can reach her. Through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate, bringing her into the world at last.
GIBSON WILLIAM
William Ford Gibson nació el 17 de marzo de 1948 en Conway, Carolina del Sur. Pasó su infancia en Wytheville, Virginia, y tras la muerte de su padre se trasladó con su madre a Norfolk. En 1968 emigró a Canadá, donde se vinculó con la contracultura y comenzó a escribir relatos de ciencia ficción. Estudió en la Universidad de Columbia Británica, donde obtuvo un título en literatura inglesa en 1977. En 1984 publicó Neuromante, obra que introdujo el término ciberespacio. Reside en Vancouver, está casado con Deborah Jean Thompson desde 1972 y tiene dos hijos.
