Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
Donal McCann
Public Gar
Des Cave
Private Gar
Siobhán McKenna
Madge
Eamon Kelly
S.B. O'Donnell
Fidelma Murphy
Kate Doogan
Liam Redmond
Senator Doogan
Mavis Villiers
Liz Sweeney
Niall Tóibín
Con Sweeney
Pat Layde
Master Boyle
David Kelly
Conan O'Byrne
Niall Buggy
Ned
Eamon Morrissey
Joe
Return
Eleanor the Great
No Name on the Bullet
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Here
My Neighbor Adolf
Pitfall
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Browning Version
Won't Back Down