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

ADAPTATIONS

Play Title Playwright
My Cousin Rachel Joseph O'Connor (1) Daphne Du Maurier
Mysteries 2000 Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Derek Chapman Declan Gorman Johnny Hanrahan Brendan Kennelly Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Fergus Linehan (1) Aidan Mathews Michael McCaffery Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Joe O'Byrne Joseph O'Connor (1) Deirdre Purcell Michael Scott (2)
True Believers Joseph O'Connor (1)