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Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

Russell, Willy
Stevens, Jenny
Hillman, Rebecca

Paperback

Series: Student Editions

General EducationPlaysPlaywriting

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ISBN10: 1350386197
ISBN13: 9781350386198
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: Feb 20 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.17 Depth: 7.78
Language: English

Willy Russell's 1983 play with music tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. One of them is given away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a bloodbath.

After its premiere at the Liverpool Playhouse, the musical has gone on to receive productions around the world and ran for decades in London's West End, as well as extensively touring the UK.

This revised Student Edition includes a commentary by Rebecca Hillman, which offers accessible and vivid insights into the play and the context in which it was written through a 21st-century lens. As well as helping us appreciate the play today, it also conveys how how ground-breaking Blood Brothers was at the time in representing working-class lives on stage, as well as explicitly exposing the flaws of the British class system.

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