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

Adaptations

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