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Richard Farrell’s award-winning performance in a Sault Theatre Workshop production helped launch his professional acting career.
The Montreal native died Dec. 31. He was 89.
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“Richard Farrell was one of the greats from the Sault’s theatre community,” Sault Star theatre critic Robin Waples in an email. “(He) went on to make a life in theatre, always grateful for his beginnings with the Sault Theatre Workshop and the dedication to quality work that he learned here.”
Farrell had experience in theatre in Montreal and Toronto before his work in the insurance industry brought him to Sault Ste. Marie in 1965. He credited Janet Short, a long-time community theatre leader, for getting him involved with STW.