Faith Healer

This article is about a play. For the religious concept of faith healing, see faith healing. For other uses, see Faith healer (disambiguation).

Flyer for 1981 Royal Court production

Faith Healer is a play by Brian Friel about the life of the faith healer Francis Hardy as monologued through the shifting memories of Hardy, his wife, Grace, and stage manager, Teddy. It was first produced in 1979.

The play was voted as one of the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century in a poll conducted by Royal National Theatre[1][2] and has been named by The Independent as one of the "40 best plays of all time".[3]

  1. ^ Lister, David (18 October 1998). "'Waiting for Godot' voted best modern play in English". The Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ Archive webpage by the National Theatre of the NT2000 One Hundred Plays of the Century
  3. ^ Taylor, Paul; Williams, Holly (18 August 2019). "The 40 best plays of all time, from Our Country's Good to A Streetcar Named Desire". The Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2020.