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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 Nancy Harris Michael West Owen McCafferty Shaun Dunne Frank McGuinness Manchán Magan Feli Speaks Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Gina Moxley Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Zoe Ní Riordáin Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma Pom Boyd 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 Mark O'Halloran Joseph O'Connor (1) Carmel Winters Una McKevitt Kit de Waal Enda Walsh Blindboy Boatclub Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Iseult Golden Emmet Kirwan Keith James Walker Sarah Hanly Rosaleen McDonagh John Connors David Ireland Shane O'Reilly Jody O'Neill Abbie Spallen
Handel's Crossing Joseph O'Connor (1)
Mysteries 2000 Declan Gorman Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Fergus Linehan (1) Brendan Kennelly Michael McCaffery Deirdre Purcell Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Johnny Hanrahan Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy
Red Roses and Petrol Joseph O'Connor (1)
Signatories Frank McGuinness Thomas Kilroy Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Emma Donoghue Hugo Hamilton Marina Carr Rachel Feehily Joseph O'Connor (1)
The Weeping of Angels Joseph O'Connor (1)
Tiny Plays for Ireland Sean McLoughlin Darren Donohue Rosaleen McDonagh Joseph O'Connor (1) Niamh Creely Michael West Evan Lee D'Alton Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Deirdre Kinahan Adrienne Michel-Long Karl O'Neill Gregory Rosenstock Rory Nolan Michael Cussen Ardal O'Hanlon Ronan Geoghegan Gerald Murphy Ciara Ní Chuirc Jody O'Neill Jesse Weaver Colin Murphy Antonia Hart
True Believers Joseph O'Connor (1)

Adaptations

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