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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 Gina Moxley Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn Abbie Spallen Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Michael West Phillip McMahon Shaun Dunne Darach Mac Con Iomaire Manchán Magan Sonya Kelly Eva O'Connor Margaret Perry Edna O'Brien Joseph O'Connor (1) Aoife Martyn Kit de Waal Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Mark O'Halloran Zoe Ní Riordáin Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Karen Cogan Emmet Kirwan Jimmy Murphy Rosaleen McDonagh Ursula Rani Sarma Carmel Winters David Ireland Zhu Yi Enda Walsh Jody O'Neill Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly John Connors Shane O'Reilly Nancy Harris Owen McCafferty Frank McGuinness Feli Speaks
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 Fergus Linehan (1) Brendan Kennelly Deirdre Purcell Michael McCaffery Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Red Roses and Petrol Joseph O'Connor (1)
Signatories Frank McGuinness Emma Donoghue Thomas Kilroy Marina Carr Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hugo Hamilton Joseph O'Connor (1) 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 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 Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan 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