Tuesday 29th April

Tonight's performance is sponsored by Walsh Mushrooms Ltd., Gorey.

KILRUSH DRAMA GROUP, BUNCLODY, CO. WEXFORD.

 present

"The Miracle Worker"

by WILLIAM GIBSON

(by kind permission of Samuel French Ltd./DLI Agents)

CAST

A Doctor........................................................................................................................ Maurice Ruth

Kate Keller....................................................................................................................... Cathy Tighe

Keller.................................................................................................................................. P.J. Arthur

Helen................................................................................................................................. Jade Young

Martha......................................................................................................................... Christine Ruth

Percy................................................................................................................................. Eoin Young

Aunt Ev............................................................................................................................ Ann Sheridan

James Keller..................................................................................................................Brendan Doyle

Anagnos....................................................................................................................... Joe O'Loughlin

Annie Sullivan............................................................................................................. Margaret Nolan

Viney....................................................................... ................................................Jacinta Kavanagh

Blind Girls..Hannah O'Sullivan, Celina Hayden, Margaret Travers, Ailish Sheridan, Martha Kenny.

                                                    Director: Michael Byrne   

                                                  Stage Manager: Davy Donohoe  

Make-up: Lorna Doran

Lighting: Michael Kelly, Kevin McEvoy

Costumes: Agnes Kennedy

Sound: Paddy Byrne

Stage Crew: Tommy Kavanagh, Roy Douglas, Jer Byrne

Period: 1880

The Play: Helen Keller is world famous for her intellectural prowess as well as her great work with those born blind, deaf and dumb. This play tells the exciting story of Annie Sullivan's battle with the six year old Helen and her eventual victory. When they first meet, Helen is little better than an animal. Filthy, spoilt, uncontrolled and unruly unable to communicate. Annie determines to let in the light. Her own struggles against poverty and blindness have given her a great courageous spirit and a contempt for sentimentality. These qualities are pitted against the thoughtless indulgence of Helen's family and her doting possessive mother until at last, Annie achieves the miracle of reaching Helen's language. Here, Helen's life can truly be said to have begun.

The Group: Kilrush Drama Group was formed in 1964. It has performed plays by Moliere, Tenesse Williams, Brian Friel, John B. Keane and A.A. Milne. The group won the One-Act All-Ireland Final in 1979 and has appeared in nine Three-Act All-Ireland Finals including last year's.