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Brilliantly performed twaddle: Old Vic’s Faith Healer reviewed

Plus: an admirable work of art marred by overcomplexity at Stephens House and Gardens

Michael Sheen is brilliant as the Limerick charlatan in Brian Friel's Faith Healer, streamed from the Old Vic. Image: Manuel Harlan

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