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Faith Healer
- Narrated by: Ciarán Hinds, Michelle Fairley, Toby Jones
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
Summary
Meet Frank Hardy, Faith Healer.
This is one story with three storytellers, each with their own perspective on their shared history.
Each tale brings new revelations through a spellbinding narrative that enters the realm of a deep, shamanic ritual, guiding the listener through the hearts and minds of faith healer Frank, his wife Grace and his manager Teddy.
Faith Healer is recognised as a masterpiece of modern theatre. Written by Brian Friel, one of Ireland’s most celebrated playwrights, Faith Healer is a dramatic enactment about the fictions of memory, a meditation on the role and responsibility of the artist in society and an exploration of the meanings of healing and salvation.
This all-star production is created especially for Audible by internationally acclaimed theatre director Ian Rickson, former artistic director of the Royal Court, starring a cast of theatrical titans: Ciaran Hinds (The Terror, The Crucible), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones, Julius Caesar) and Toby Jones (Detectorists, Uncle Vanya). Sound design by Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound.
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- Corsaire
- 29-05-21
Dreary
If Ciaran Hinds can't bring this alive, who can? As a stage play this may have had much more drama and interest, but as an audio performance without visual clues, not so. I gave up after 20 minutes of monologue from Hinds, establishing characters and timeline without piquing any interest in either.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-06-21
excellent
This is a tour de force story, performance and production . Works very well as an audiobook.
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- brenda
- 19-06-21
Shoty
The overall performance of the characters were good however the book kept crashing and you couldn’t hear the last half of the book. I’m glad it was free because I would have been awfully upset if I had paid for it.
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- marilyn joseph
- 16-06-21
excellent..
fantastic character portrayal.. and a great presentation all round.
would recommend to any lover of human drama
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- HERE I GO
- 14-06-21
Sad Story
Interesting, realistic, sad drama. Not really my preferred reading material, I could possibly see it becoming a movie.
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- Colleen
- 11-06-21
a great book
Over all this was a great book, the voice actors were so moving i felt every word. Not a book to be sat on.
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- Tina Sprinkle
- 10-06-21
A masterpiece
Stellar writing, performance, story, depth, and emotion. Captivating and haunting. Worth every minute. Will listen again.
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- Barbara
- 10-06-21
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Now this is writing! Imagine an incredibly interesting story performed by true artists and you’ve got Faith Healer. Excellent, highly recommend.
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- Gentle Heart
- 23-06-21
Waste of my time
The narration was horrible. The story was all over the place and couldn’t hold my attention. Got through 3/4 of book and just couldn’t finish it.