The Liar AUTHOR Micheál Mac Liammóir Translated by the author from the Irish. Setting Set on a Mailboat and in a Cafe in Ireland Synopsis Set in the fictional state of Cardomam - a fence sitting state between East and West - and performed to the rules of the Classical Theatre of Cardomam, where no scenery is used,and the actors introduce and explain themselves. This satirical comedy has as its central character, a breezy old cynic of a Prime Minister who finds politics fun and has ambitions for his son. No men survive the authors wrath, admin-men, admen, Tellymen, Pollymen, soldiermen, no men... At the end the only man left lectures to a bunch of post-fallout children. PLAY TYPE Adaptation/Translation Number of Acts One Act Cast Size Male 4 Cast Size Female 6 Date of First Production 7 October 1969 Production Produced by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions In association with Dublin Theatre Festival Production Notes By arrangement with Phyllis Ryan. Presented as a double-bill with 'King Herod Explains' by Conor Cruise O'Brien. ORIGINAL VENUE Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata Original Cast Martin Patrick Bedford A German Lady Mary Cannon Young Man Bob Carlile A Mother Eileen Crowe Middle-Aged Man Seamus Healy Older Man John MacDarby Nonie Máire Ní Ghráinne Middle-Aged Woman Mary O'Hanlon Older Woman Joan Stynes Young Woman Biddy White-Lennon Production Team Director Hilton Edwards Settings by Robert Heade Lighting Hilton Edwards Costume Designer Micheál Mac Liammóir Stage Manager Yvette Hally Assistant Stage Manager Marie Kelly(3) Assistant Stage Manager Laurence Foster Sound Operator Marie Kelly(3) Wardrobe Mistress Vera Patterson CLICK HERE for information on script availability, production rights and translations for this play The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme. Printer friendly version