The Course: A Play

by Brendan O'Carroll

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.

Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Brendan O'Carroll is an Irish BAFTA-winning writer, producer, comedian, author, actor and director. A popular comedian in Ireland since the early 1990s, O'Carroll is best known internationally for portraying the foul-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys. O'Carroll has written seven novels, including The Mammy (1994), The Chisellers (1995), The Granny (1996), The Scrapper (originally published as "Sparrows Trap", 1997) and The Young Wan (2003); a number of these have been translated into 12 languages and have been best sellers worldwide. He has also written four films and nine comedy shows. These include The Course (1995), Grandad's Sure Lilly's Still Alive (1997), The Last Wedding (1999), Mourning Mrs. Brown (2000), Mrs. Brown Rides Again (2004), For the Love of Mrs. Brown (2007), How Now Mrs. Brown Cow? (2009), and Good Mourning Mrs. Brown (2011).

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick and easy read, I enjoyed the many lol moments--even though I said the book was so stupid it was funny.