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
Rancho Notorious
Return
Eleanor the Great
Here
Sometimes Always Never
The Golden Bowl
The Man Who Laughs
They Won't Believe Me
The Browning Version
Pitfall
Return to Peyton Place
Won't Back Down
Jonathan
I Can't Think Straight
Each Dawn I Die
The Sound Barrier
Peter Ibbetson
Framed
Flamingo Road
Inside I'm Dancing