'Faith Healer' with Donal McCann and Eamon Morrissey at the Grand Opera House In Belfast.
The Abbey Theatre bring a production of 'Faith Healer' by Brian Friel to the recently restored Grand Opera House in Belfast for six performances.
After undergoing a £3 million facelift, the Grand Opera House is once again pulling in the crowds. The theatre holds over a thousand people.
Eamon Morrissey plays the role of Teddy, the Faith Healer's manager. The Faith Healer, Francis Hardy, is played by Donal McCann. Eamon Morrissey says, the response from audiences has been tremendous. Wendy Shay, set and costume designer, says that the refurbished opera house is technically brilliant and physically beautiful.
At the interval during 'Faith Healer' opinions on the production from the audience are mixed.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 16 March 1981. The reporter is Cathal MacCoille.
