Faith Healer

Faith Healer

Writer's Center
4508 Walsh Street Bethesda

. Brian Friel's landmark play Faith Healer has had a profound effect on playwrights throughout the world. The title character, Frank Hardy, is an Irish faith healer who travels England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales with his spouse Grace and his Cockney manager Teddy, performing his "gift," which sometimes fails him. Through a series of monologues, the audience learns the details of a man whose life is fraught with deception and self-denial, and the effect on those most loyal to him. "One of those rare works of art audiences are destined to recall as a deeply personal experience.

Presented by Quotidian Theatre Company

Thru - May 25, 2014