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

Adaptations

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