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Joseph O'Connor (1)

1963 -

Joseph O'Connor is one of Ireland's best-known writers. His hugely successful famine novel, Star of the Sea, the highest selling novel in the UK in 2004, won the Prix Littéraire Européan Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year, as well as a number of other awards in France, Italy, Ireland and beyond. His other works of fiction include Cowboys and Indians (1991), Redemption Falls (2007) and Ghost Light (2011), based on the life of the actress Molly Allgood, and her relationship with John Millington Synge. His non-fiction works include Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America, The Irish Male at Home and Abroad, and The Secret World of the Irish Male. His play Red Roses and Petrol won the In Dublin Best New Irish Play award in 1995. He adapted Daphne du Maurier's novel My Cousin Rachel for the Gate Theatre in 2012 and was the writer and lyricist for Heartbeat of Home, a 2013 dance show from the producers of Riverdance. He lives in Dublin.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Dear Ireland I Zhu Yi Pom Boyd Carmel Winters Stacey Gregg Mark O'Halloran Enda Walsh Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Una McKevitt Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly Dermot Bolger Blindboy Boatclub John Connors Carys D. Coburn Emmet Kirwan Shane O'Reilly Meadhbh McHugh Rosaleen McDonagh Nancy Harris Colm Keegan (2) David Ireland Owen McCafferty Phillip McMahon Jody O'Neill Frank McGuinness Darach Mac Con Iomaire Feli Speaks Sonya Kelly Margaret Perry Gina Moxley Joseph O'Connor (1) Abbie Spallen Kit de Waal Michael West Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Keith James Walker Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Zoe Ní Riordáin Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma
Handel's Crossing Joseph O'Connor (1)
Mysteries 2000 Johnny Hanrahan Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Declan Gorman Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Fergus Linehan (1) Brendan Kennelly Michael McCaffery Deirdre Purcell Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Red Roses and Petrol Joseph O'Connor (1)
Signatories Frank McGuinness Thomas Kilroy Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hugo Hamilton Rachel Feehily Emma Donoghue Marina Carr Joseph O'Connor (1)
The Weeping of Angels Joseph O'Connor (1)
Tiny Plays for Ireland Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Antonia Hart Darren Donohue
True Believers Joseph O'Connor (1)

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
My Cousin Rachel Joseph O'Connor (1) Daphne Du Maurier