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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 Margaret Perry John Connors Joseph O'Connor (1) Shane O'Reilly Kit de Waal Nancy Harris Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Owen McCafferty Keith James Walker Frank McGuinness Abbie Spallen Feli Speaks Michael West Gina Moxley 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 Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma Zhu Yi Mark O'Halloran Pom Boyd Una McKevitt Stacey Gregg Blindboy Boatclub Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Emmet Kirwan Dermot Bolger Rosaleen McDonagh David Ireland Carys D. Coburn Jody O'Neill Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Carmel Winters Phillip McMahon Enda Walsh Darach Mac Con Iomaire Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly 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 Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Deirdre Purcell Fergus Linehan (1) Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill 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 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 Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Darren Donohue Antonia Hart 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