'Brokeback Mountain' brings two rising acting stars to the London stage

Rising American actors Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist are making their London theatre debuts in a new stage adaptation of Annie Proulx’s story 'Brokeback Mountain'. Photo: AP

Brokeback Mountain was a star-making story onscreen. It may turn out to be the same onstage.

Rising American stars Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist are making their London theatre debuts in an adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story about two star-crossed Wyoming shepherds whose love is stifled by the strictures of their society.