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

Adaptations

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