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Joseph O'Connor

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 Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Abbie Spallen Emmet Kirwan Michael West Rosaleen McDonagh Shaun Dunne Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg David Ireland Manchán Magan Thomas Kane Byrne Jody O'Neill Eva O'Connor Carmel Winters Edna O'Brien Sinéad Burke Enda Walsh Aoife Martyn Dermot Bolger Iseult Golden Arthur Riordan Carys D. Coburn Sarah Hanly Andrea Molino Meadhbh McHugh John Connors John O'Donovan (2) Colm Keegan (2) Shane O'Reilly Deirdre Kinahan Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire Nancy Harris Zoe Ní Riordáin Sonya Kelly Owen McCafferty Karen Cogan Frank McGuinness Jimmy Murphy Margaret Perry Feli Speaks Ursula Rani Sarma Joseph O'Connor (1) Gina Moxley Zhu Yi Kit de Waal Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker
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 Emma Donoghue Marina Carr Joseph O'Connor (1) Frank McGuinness Thomas Kilroy Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hugo Hamilton Rachel Feehily
The Weeping of Angels Joseph O'Connor (1)
Tiny Plays for Ireland Ronan Geoghegan Joseph O'Connor (1) Ciara Ní Chuirc Michael West Jesse Weaver Dermot Bolger Antonia Hart 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 Darren Donohue
True Believers Joseph O'Connor (1)

Adaptations

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