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

Adaptations

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