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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 Frank McGuinness Edna O'Brien Margaret Perry Feli Speaks Aoife Martyn Joseph O'Connor (1) Gina Moxley Arthur Riordan Kit de Waal Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Andrea Molino Keith James Walker John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Zoe Ní Riordáin Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Mark O'Halloran Ursula Rani Sarma Una McKevitt Zhu Yi Blindboy Boatclub Emmet Kirwan Rosaleen McDonagh David Ireland Jody O'Neill Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Carmel Winters Sinéad Burke Enda Walsh Dermot Bolger Iseult Golden Carys D. Coburn Meadhbh McHugh Sarah Hanly Abbie Spallen Colm Keegan (2) John Connors Michael West Shaun Dunne Phillip McMahon Shane O'Reilly Manchán Magan Darach Mac Con Iomaire Nancy Harris Owen McCafferty Eva O'Connor Sonya Kelly
Handel's Crossing Joseph O'Connor (1)
Mysteries 2000 Johnny Hanrahan Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Declan Gorman Deirdre Purcell Joe O'Byrne Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill 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 Deirdre Kinahan Sean McLoughlin Karl O'Neill Rosaleen McDonagh Rory Nolan Niamh Creely Ardal O'Hanlon Evan Lee D'Alton Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Rachel Feehily Colin Murphy 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
True Believers Joseph O'Connor (1)

Adaptations

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