Willy Russell
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| Original Title: | Blood Brothers (Methuen Modern Plays) |
| ISBN: | 0413767701 (ISBN13: 9780413767707) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Liverpool, England,1983(United Kingdom) |
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A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath.
'Willy Russell is less concerned with political tub-thumping than with weaving a close-knit story about the working of fate and destiny … it carries one along with it in almost unreserved enjoyment" Guardian
One of the longest-running and most successful ever West End musicals, Blood Brothers premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse in January 1983.
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| Title | : | Blood Brothers |
| Author | : | Willy Russell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 112 pages |
| Published | : | May 10th 2001 by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (first published 1985) |
| Categories | : | Plays. Classics. Academic. School. Drama. Theatre |
Rating Epithetical Books Blood Brothers
Ratings: 3.9 From 3005 Users | 166 ReviewsCritique Epithetical Books Blood Brothers
This play. Lord, it was amazing! This is genuinely an amazing play to both read and watch, about a mother who has had to give up one of her twin son's because she cannot afford to keep him, only to find that the woman she sold him to, has banned her from seeing him. The years pass and both twins reconnect despite their mothers wishes and life for the boys become even more confusing when there is a girl involved. Seriously, this play gives you all the feels and I am so immensely glad that IThe Blood Brothers is a book which shows the imapct of life based on your gender , social status , class and mannerism. The book dipslays 4 socially 'approved' stereotypes in contarts tot the Author's intentions of displaying the fact that to suceed in life you need to put the ffort and work reasoanbly well.This book is primarily put into the perspective of two brothers sperated at birth by money. The twins who are not permiited to know eachother or even akcnwoledge eachothers presence , stongly
I was in a bit of a dilemma here - there are clear faults in the text as a piece of (musical) drama and I might be jaundiced by having now seen in performed three times...yet, yet...every time I teach this to a class they seem to be really engaged by it. So I salute you, Blood Brothers as a GCSE text! Thank you to W.R!
I went to see this last Saturday with the kids and we thought it was AMAZ-ING! I was pleasantly surprised to find it on the schools reading list as it is full of language and sexual innuendos. But it fits with the time period and location.I am pleased that this was the script with songs too and that the live show sticks completely to the script. Watching or reading it still bought tears to my eyes.A absolutely brilliant book!#bloodbrothers #willyrussell #theare #script #goodreads #favouritebooks
I saw a much shortened version of this play as a student-directed, thirty minute piece in college, and have chased it around periodically ever since. I'd found the Original London Cast Album on Spotify and finally located the script through Samuel French. (Obviously I wasn't looking that hard...I'm sure it's available in numerous other places.) It's amazing. It's as powerful a tragedy as I've seen written in musical form. While it's music is perhaps not as beautiful as Jekyl & Hyde, it's
I really really enjoyed this book. The first time I read this it was during my GCSE's. I loved it as much then as I still do now.I think it is really upsetting that as a mother she wasn't able to keep both her children because she simply couldn't afford too. I don't think that I would ever find myself strong enough to give one of my children up even if it was to go into a life of luxury. I found this to be quite fast paced which I loved. I'm really glad that I chose to reread this book. It is
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