Micheál Mac Liammóir 1899 - 1978   Micheal MacLiammóir (born Alfred Willmore) was an actor, designer, writer and founder of The Gate Theatre. His acting career started early as a child actor in London. As a young man he became fascinated with the Irish language and sought out and joined a London branch of the Gaelic League. He spent hours in Finchley Road Library reading Dineen’s Irish–English Dictionary, teaching himself excellent Irish. In 1928 he founded the Taibhdhearc Irish-speaking theatre in Galway, and its opening show was his dramatised version of Diarmuid agus Grainne. He toured Ireland as a actor with Anew McMaster's fit-up theatre company. In 1928 he founded The Gate Theatre with his partner Hilton Edwards. Under their guidance, the Gate offered Dublin audiences a first introduction to the world of European and American avant garde theatre as well as vibrant productions from the modern and classic Irish repertoire. PLAYWRITING CREDITS A Slipper for the Moon Dancing Shadow Diarmuid and Grainne Home For Christmas Ill Met By Moonlight Portrait of Miriam Prelude in Kazbek Street The Mountains Look Different Where Stars Walk Adaptations/Translations An Apple a Day Hollywood Pirate Jane Eyre Juliet in the Rain The Importance of Being Oscar The Informer The Liar The Masquerade of Henry IV The Picture of Dorian Gray Trilby CREDITS AS ACTOR PLAY TITLE AUTHOR A Bride for the Unicorn Denis Johnston A Slipper for the Moon Micheál Mac Liammóir Abdication H.T. Lowe-Porter Blight (The tragedy of Dublin) Oliver St John Gogarty, Joseph O'Connor (3) Crime and Punishment Gaston Baty, I. Hughes A Play by Gaston Baty from the novel of Dostoevsky and the play of Trivas and Schandoff. Dancing Shadow Micheál Mac Liammóir Dark Waters Dorothy Macardle Diarmuid and Grainne Micheál Mac Liammóir Ever the Twain Lennox Robinson Grania of the Ships David Sears Guardian Angel M.J. Farrell Happy Family Mary Manning (1) Hollywood Pirate Isa Hughes, Micheál Mac Liammóir Home For Christmas Micheál Mac Liammóir Ill Met By Moonlight Micheál Mac Liammóir It's Later Than You Think Lucienne Hill From the originial by Jean Anouilh. Jane Eyre Micheál Mac Liammóir Juliet in the Rain Micheál Mac Liammóir Liffey Lane Maura Laverty Marrowbone Lane Robert Collis Mr. Jiggins of Jigginstown Christine Longford Murder, Like Charity, ... Andrew Ganly Portrait in Marble Hazel Ellis Prelude in Kazbek Street Micheál Mac Liammóir Queens and Emperors Christine Longford Swift Eugene McCabe The Agamemnon Christine Longford, Lord Longford Translated by Lord and Lady Longford from the Greek. The Director L. A. G. Strong The Doctor's Boy Frank Carney The Importance of Being Oscar Micheál Mac Liammóir The Informer Micheál Mac Liammóir Adapted from the original novel by Liam O'Flaherty. The Marriage of St. Francis Henrí Ghéon, C.C. Martindale The Masquerade of Henry IV Micheál Mac Liammóir Translated from Luigi Pirandello's Original Play. The Melians Lord Longford The Mountains Look Different Micheál Mac Liammóir The Old Lady Says No! Denis Johnston The Picture of Dorian Gray Micheál Mac Liammóir The Signalman's Apprentice Brian Phelan The Wife to a Famous Man Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Liam O'Briain Three Leopards Cecil Monson Tolka Row Maura Laverty Tzar Paul J. Alford, Th. Komisarjevsky When Lovely Woman Lennox Robinson Where Stars Walk Micheál Mac Liammóir Wuthering Heights Ria Mooney, Donald Stauffer Adapted from the novel of Emily Bronte Youth's the Season -? Mary Manning (1) CREDITS AS DIRECTOR PLAY TITLE AUTHOR The Informer Micheál Mac Liammóir Adapted from the original novel by Liam O'Flaherty. The Wife to a Famous Man Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Liam O'Briain CREDITS AS SET DESIGNER PLAY TITLE AUTHOR Dark Waters Dorothy Macardle Juliet in the Rain Micheál Mac Liammóir Roly Poly Lennox Robinson The Mountains Look Different Micheál Mac Liammóir The Seventh Sin Desmond Forristal The Wife to a Famous Man Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Liam O'Briain When Lovely Woman Lennox Robinson Where Stars Walk Micheál Mac Liammóir CREDITS AS COSTUMES PLAY TITLE AUTHOR Crime and Punishment Gaston Baty, I. Hughes A Play by Gaston Baty from the novel of Dostoevsky and the play of Trivas and Schandoff. Happy Family Mary Manning (1) Storm Over Wicklow Mary Manning (1) CREDITS AS COSTUME DESIGNER PLAY TITLE AUTHOR Ascendancy Lord Longford Carmilla Lord Longford Adapted from J. Sheridan Le Fanu by the Earl of Longford Diarmuid and Grainne Micheál Mac Liammóir It's Later Than You Think Lucienne Hill From the originial by Jean Anouilh. Jane Eyre Micheál Mac Liammóir King Herod Explains Conor Cruise O'Brien Noone Joe O'Donnell Roly Poly Lennox Robinson The Informer Micheál Mac Liammóir Adapted from the original novel by Liam O'Flaherty. The Liar Micheál Mac Liammóir Translated by the author from the Irish. The Marriage of St. Francis Henrí Ghéon, C.C. Martindale The New Girl Christine Longford The Old Lady Says No! Denis Johnston The Picture of Dorian Gray Micheál Mac Liammóir The Real Charlotte Terence de Vere White, Adrian Vale Adapted from the original novel by Somerville and Ross. The Seventh Sin Desmond Forristal The True Story of the Horrid Popish Plot Desmond Forristal The Wife to a Famous Man Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Liam O'Briain Three Leopards Cecil Monson Trilby Micheál Mac Liammóir, Sally Travers Wuthering Heights Ria Mooney, Donald Stauffer Adapted from the novel of Emily Bronte Yahoo Lord Longford CREDITS AS DESIGNER PLAY TITLE AUTHOR After Sunset Terence de Vere White from an idea of Anatole France. Home For Christmas Micheál Mac Liammóir CREDITS AS SETTINGS BY PLAY TITLE AUTHOR A Bride for the Unicorn Denis Johnston A Flutter of Wings T.C. Murray Ascendancy Lord Longford Bride Ulick Burke Carmilla Lord Longford Adapted from J. Sheridan Le Fanu by the Earl of Longford Crime and Punishment Gaston Baty, I. Hughes A Play by Gaston Baty from the novel of Dostoevsky and the play of Trivas and Schandoff. Dancing Shadow Micheál Mac Liammóir Diarmuid and Grainne Micheál Mac Liammóir Grania of the Ships David Sears Happy Family Mary Manning (1) Magic G. K . Chesterton Marrowbone Lane Robert Collis Mr. Jiggins of Jigginstown Christine Longford Murder, Like Charity, ... Andrew Ganly Not For Children Elmer Rice Portrait in Marble Hazel Ellis Queens and Emperors Christine Longford Step-In-The-Hollow Donagh MacDonagh Storm Over Wicklow Mary Manning (1) Storm Song Denis Johnston The Doctor's Boy Frank Carney The Marriage of St. Francis Henrí Ghéon, C.C. Martindale The New Girl Christine Longford The Old Lady Says No! Denis Johnston The Unguarded Hour Otto Bastion, Bernard Merivale Three Leopards Cecil Monson Tzar Paul J. Alford, Th. Komisarjevsky Wuthering Heights Ria Mooney, Donald Stauffer Adapted from the novel of Emily Bronte Yahoo Lord Longford Youth's the Season -? Mary Manning (1) CREDITS AS DECOR BY PLAY TITLE AUTHOR Crystal and Fox Brian Friel The True Story of the Horrid Popish Plot Desmond Forristal CREDITS AS SET PAINTER PLAY TITLE AUTHOR The Wife to a Famous Man Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Liam O'Briain