About the Performance
Faith Healer
Arguably Brian Friel's greatest play, Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre. Frank Hardy is a faith healer who has spent a lifetime touring the decayed villages of Scotland and Wales with his manager Teddy and his wife/mistress Grace.
The story of their touring and of their fateful return is told in separate, often contradictory accounts by Grace, Teddy and Frank himself. Taken together these narratives create a mosaic that is both seductive and terrifying.
'Mesmerising... a major work of art' The New York Times
Gate | Friel
Friel is Ireland's most popular living playwright. As much a composer of words as a dramatist, he uses a poetic and often surreal style that is both wise and earthy.
Dublin's Gate Theatre has established a unique relationship with Friel and this Festival residency offers the opportunity to see three of his masterworks - Faith Healer, The Yalta Game and Afterplay.
'The Gate Theatre has been an integral part of the success of modern Irish drama... it offers a peerless tribute to the work of Brian Friel' The Age
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