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

Adaptations

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