Monday after the miracle: A play in three acts

by William Gibson

The action of the play takes place in Boston, seventeen years after the events of . Helen is now an honor student at Radcliffe, and she and Annie have undertaken to write a book about their remarkable experiences. A young instructor of English from Harvard, John Macy, is engaged to help them, and Annie, yielding to an overpowering need to pursue a life of her own, soon falls in love with him. Their marriage, and the disruptive domestic triangle that results, leads to the compelling crisis of the play. After years of total dedication to her charge, Annie finds her loyalties divided, and Helen, herself aware of strong sexual stirrings, contributes to the growing discord and the inevitable failure of her mentor's marriage. As the play ends the two women accept the inescapable truth of their condition-that they are inextricably bound together and must find, in each other, whatever rewards life might bring.

Genres: Plays, Nonfiction

139 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

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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 version as well.

Reviews

[Mark Cofta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone knows The Miracle Worker. Few know this play, which is darker and more challenging, but very worthwhile. I was honored to direct a production in 1992. Check it out! No water pump required.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Monday After the Miracle," takes place about 10 yrs after "The Miracle Worker" on the campus of Cambridge. It's not as good as "The Miracle Worker," but it's a dang interesting look into the relationship between Annie and Helen as Helen matures. It's a much more stressful and draining relationship than you'd think... both women sort of tied to the other emotionally... Annie dealing with romantic love for the first time in her life and Helen's intrusion into the relationship. I need to look that one up again too. It's worth a re-read.

[Paige Maroney-Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5