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Article: THEATRE REVIEWS
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2009
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Faith Healer
King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Three revivals celebrating the 80th birthday of the Irish
playwright Brian Friel got off to a strong start with a production
of Friel's slyly, gracefully written masterpiece about Frank Hardy
(a prodigious Owen Rowe), a faith healer who tours shabby village
halls in Wales and Scotland accompanied by his mistress and his
manager. There are turns of phrase so simple and beautiful that you
almost have to stop yourself from repeating them out loud. To 5 Sept
MAXIE SZALWINSKA
The World's Wife
Assembly Rooms @ George Street, Edinburgh
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