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Faith Healer closes today
By Amy Somensky Aug 13, 2006, 1:17 GMT
Faith Healer tells the story of a dissolute, charismatic faith healer Frank Hardy, his long-time lover Grace and his devoted manager Teddy who have spent a life-time touring the back roads of Scotland and Wales peddling miracles. As the three wrestle with Hardy’s genuine but elusive gift for healing, Hardy accepts that he must return home to Ireland, and the trio faces potent questions about who we trust, what we ...more
New York: The Tony winning limited run of Brian Friel's Faith Healer plays its final performance today at the Booth Theater.
Starring in the production is Ralph Fiennes as Frank Hardy, Cherry Jones as Hardy's long-time lover, Grace, and Ian McDiarmid as Teddy, Hardy's manager. Jonathan Kent directs.
The production was awarded with four Tony nominations. Ian McDiarmid pick up the award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.
The play premiered on Broadway in 1979 at the Longacre Theater where it ran for twenty performances.
Faith Healer tells the story of a dissolute, charismatic faith healer Frank Hardy, his long-time lover Grace and his devoted manager Teddy who have spent a life-time touring the back roads of Scotland and Wales peddling miracles. As the three wrestle with Hardy’s genuine but elusive gift for healing, Hardy accepts that he must return home to Ireland, and the trio faces potent questions about who we trust, what we know and why we believe.
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