Now Mrs Brown is a star on the box

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Now Mrs Brown is a star on the box

A decade ago Brendan O’Carroll arrived at the door of the Pavilion Theatre with a script in a plastic bag and a look of desperation on his face.

The Dublin-born comedy actor/writer was facing a financial crisis, having lost a great deal of money on a film project. But in the bag, he felt, lay hope.