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