The Course: A Play - Couverture souple

O'Carroll, Brendan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 086278493X ISBN 13 : 9780862784935

Editeur : O'Brien Press Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

An assorted group of no-hopers sign on for a Positive Mental Attitude course run by a conman -- but then the bona fide American supervisor arrives, threatening to shut down the course unless five out of six participants pass the test. The participants -- including a prostitute, a resting actor, a golf widow -- rise to the challenge, with unexpected results. High farce and a feelgood ending. Brendan O'Carroll's first play which he wrote, directed and starred in.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Now author, actor/director/ scriptwriter, playwright, video star as well as standup comic, the Brendan O'Carroll story begins very modestly...

The youngest of eleven children, Brendan O'Carroll was born in Dublin's innercity in 1955. His mother, Maureen was a Labour TD (MP) and a huge influence on his life. He left school at 12 and worked as a waiter, trying many other occupations in his spare time disco manager, milkman, pirate radio discjockey, painterdecorator etc.

For a time he ran his own bar and cabaret lounge before being persuaded to try the comedy circuit. The gigs were small at first and even included his own version of 'Blind Date', but word soon got round about this original and outrageous funnyman and then there was standingroom only.

The real turning point in Brendan's career was his first appearance on The Late Late Show, Ireland's longestrunning chat show, also shown weekly on Channel 4 in the UK. The studio audience and the viewers loved him. His first video Live at the Tivoli went straight to No 1, knocking U2 out of the top slot and pushing Garth Brooks to No 3. In 1994 he was voted Ireland's No 1 Variety Entertainer at the National Entertainment Awards.

He went on to make 4 topselling videos, and a bestselling record, as well as touring in Ireland, the UK and the USA.

The radio show Mrs Browne's Boys, written by and starring Brendan, had a phenomenal daily audience on 2FM and led to the creation of Agnes Browne as the central character in Brendan's first novel, The Mammy, published in 1994. The book topped the bestseller charts in Ireland for months and the film rights were snapped up. The Mammy is now also available as a talking book.

The sequel to The Mammy, entitled The Chisellers, published in 1995, was also a longrunning bestseller, and the final book in the trilogy, The Granny, (1996) went straight to No 1 in the Irish Bestseller list.

Meanwhile Brendan wrote a play, The Course, which had a fivemonth sellout run in Dublin in 1995/96 and has toured in England (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool) and Scotland as well as in Canada.

Brendan can be seen on the big screen in the film of Roddy Doyle's The Van, in which he plays alongside Colm Meaney of Star Trek and The Snapper fame. His performance has been described by the critics as 'spoton'. He also hosts a quiz show on RTE Hot Milk and Pepper.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A play with high farce and a feel-good ending. An assorted group of no-hopers, including a prostitute, a resting actor and a golf widow, sign on for a Positive Mental Attitude course. They rise to the challenge, but with unexpected results.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 086278493X
• ISBN 13: 9780862784935
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128