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

Adaptations

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