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Sat 04 Apr 2011Knees up mother Brown
PROFILE: BRENDAN O’CARROLLMrs Brown, the foul-mouthed matriarch created by Brendan O’Carroll, has dismayed critics but won over audiences – and the Irish comedian’s TV show has been shortlisted for a Bafta, writes BRIAN BOYD
WHEN BRENDAN O’CARROLL took to the stage at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin last Monday for the opening night of his show show Good Mourning Mrs Brownit was in the knowledge that the three-week run had sold a recession-busting 20,000 tickets. He also knew that a big arena tour of the UK this June and July was on its way to selling out.
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