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

Adaptations

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