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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 Nancy Harris Abbie Spallen Owen McCafferty Michael West Frank McGuinness Shaun Dunne Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Manchán Magan Mark O'Halloran Eva O'Connor Una McKevitt Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Blindboy Boatclub Arthur Riordan Emmet Kirwan Rosaleen McDonagh Andrea Molino David Ireland John O'Donovan (2) Pom Boyd Jody O'Neill Deirdre Kinahan Stacey Gregg Zoe Ní Riordáin Thomas Kane Byrne Karen Cogan Sinéad Burke Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma Dermot Bolger Zhu Yi 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 Carmel Winters Enda Walsh Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly
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 Deirdre Purcell Aidan Mathews Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill 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 Evan Lee D'Alton Deirdre Kinahan Rachel Feehily Karl O'Neill Mark Hennessy Rory Nolan Adrienne Michel-Long Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Gregory Rosenstock Jody O'Neill Michael Cussen Colin Murphy Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Antonia Hart Darren Donohue Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Sean McLoughlin Dermot Bolger Rosaleen McDonagh Michelle Read Niamh Creely
True Believers Joseph O'Connor (1)

Adaptations

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