Children of a Lesser God is a play by Mark Medoff, focusing on the conflicted professional and romantic relationship between Sarah Norman, a deaf student, and her former teacher, James Leeds. It premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in 1979, and was produced on Broadway in 1980 and in the West End in 1981. It won the 1980 Tony Award for Best Play.
Adaptations (1)
Children of a Lesser God was adapted into a 1986 film.
Children of a Lesser God1986 · film · 119 min · dir. Randa Haines · IMDb ↗Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
