Spring 2022

The play , written by Friel in 1964 centres around Gareth (Gar) O’Donnell’s move to America, specifically Philadelphia. The play takes place on the night before and morning of Gar’s departure. Gar is portrayed by two characters, Gar Public (“the Gar that people see, talk to, talk about”) and Gar Private (“the unseen man, the man within, the conscience”). He lives with his father, S. B. O’Donnell with whom he has never connected.
All of the action in this play takes place within a period of a few hours on the evening of Gar’s departure, but it also includes flashbacks to Gar’s relationship with local girl Kate Doogan, and the visit from his Aunt Lizzie.

CAST
Gar Public ………………………..………. John Fitzgibbon Moore
Gar Private ……………………………………….. Graham Twomey
SB O’Donnell ………………………..……………………….Bill Eilliffe
Madge Mulhern …………………….…………… Breda Donnellan
Kate Doogan ……………………………………… Camilla Pedersen
Senator Doogan …………………………….………… John Heveran
Master Boyle ……………………………………………….. Joe Bergin
Lizzie Sweney ….……………………….…………….. Helena Stout
Con Sweeney ……………………………………………….. Dave Foley
Ben Burton …………………………………..……….. George Hogan
Ned ………………………………………………………….. Robert Burns
Tom ………………………………………………………..……. Bob Tysall
Joe ……………………………………………………………. Chris Fenlon
Canon O’Byrne .. Eugene Molumby / Brendan O’ Sullivan

Director – Brendan O’ Sullivan