A few minutes into Keegan Theatre's revival of "A Couple of Blaguards" it will occur to you, if you didn't already know, that Frank and Malachy McCourt were anything but blaguards. Their hypercritical ...

A Couple of Blaguards: Comic memoir. By Frank and Malachy McCourt. Directed by Howard Platt. Through Oct. 17. Post Street Theatre, 450 Post St., San Francisco. One hour, 45 minutes. Tickets $30-$50.

The rollicking springboard for Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes, “A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS” recounts the trials of young Frank and his brother Malachy in poverty-stricken ...

SCHENECTADY >> “A Couple of Blaguards” can be termed an Irish reminiscence. The work that continues at the small G.E. Theatre at Proctors through Sunday concerns two brothers who tell about their ...

As I patiently awaited show time in the Keegan Theatre, I came to a strange realization: The audience members directly around me all had Irish accents, and “bloke” was being tossed around with an ...

Arizona Performing Arts will present the wickedly funny and poignant play, "A Couple of Blaguards" on Saturday, June 20, in Chandler. The play by Frank and Malachy McCourt is at the new Forum Training ...

When you were a kid, remember sitting behind the sofa or under the kitchen table listening to the grown-ups tell stories, laugh and drink? If you do, be prepared to have your nostalgia muscles worked ...

“What do you think of Joyce?” says a comely librarian to a McCourt. “I haven’t met her yet,” comes the reply. The Bros. McCourt were the kind of Irishmen who first encountered James Joyce not as some ...

The weary mother of Frank and Malachy McCourt termed her boys "a couple of blaguards" when she signed off on them forever. It became the title of their act and becamse a strike-it-rich lode that later ...

"A Couple of Blaguards" written by Frank McCourt & Malachy McCourt. The story follows the trials of young brothers in poverty-stricken Limerick, Ireland. They immigrate to the U.S. settling in ...

Irish Americans have a long and rich history in this country; and like many immigrants, they had their share of hardships and mishaps — which can make for brilliant comedy. The McCourt brothers’ ...