The Diamond Body AUTHOR Aidan Mathews Written in collaboration with the company. Setting The play's setting is indeterminate, although it imagines several environments including a club, a square and a maze of streets. Synopsis The Diamond Body is a murder story and a case history. The protagonist is Stephanos, the hermaphroditic owner of the Easter Island Statues Club, a gay discotheque on a Greek island. The antagonist is the local population whose attitude toward the stranger in their midst moves inevitably from resentment through revulsion to open violence. PLAY TYPE Physical/Devised Theatre Number of Acts Full-Length Cast Size Male 0 Cast Size Female 1 Casting Notes This character is identified as androgynous. In the original production it was played by a woman. Date of First Production 29 February 1984 Production Produced by Operating Theatre ORIGINAL VENUE Project Arts Centre Original Cast Performer Olwen Fouéré Production Team Director Brendan Ellis Director Roger Doyle Designer Brendan Ellis Designer Olwen Fouéré Lighting Designer John Comiskey Music Composed by Roger Doyle Production Manager Julian Plunkett-Dillon Stage Manager Brian Power Lighting Operator Greg Kyle Sound Operator Roger Doyle Photography Amelia Stein 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. Additional information was supplied by a member of Operating Theatre. Printer friendly version