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