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William Gibson

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November 13, 1914 in New York, New York, The United States

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November 25, 2008

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Theater

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William Gibson was a Tony Award-winning American playwright and novelist. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1938.

Gibson's most famous play is The Miracle Worker (1959), the story of Helen Keller's childhood education, which won him the Tony Award for Best Play after he adapted it from his original 1957 telefilm script. He adapted the work again for the 1962 film version, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay; the same actresses who previously had won Tony Awards for their performances in the stage version, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, received Academy Awards for the film ve...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 3,881 ratings · 133 reviews · 25 distinct works

	The Miracle Worker 4.02 avg rating — 3,809 ratings — published 1956 — 19 editions	My rating:
	A Mass For The Dead 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Monday After the Miracle: A Play in Three Acts 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Shakespeare's Game 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Two for the Seesaw 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Cry of Players 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	The Cobweb 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1954 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut, & The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree.. 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Seesaw Log: A Chronicle of the Stage Production, with the Text, of Two for the Seesaw 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	American Primitive (or John and Abigail). by William Gibson, John Adams 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1972	My rating:

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