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Student Editions Ser.: Blood Brothers by Willy Russell (2025, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101350386197

ISBN-139781350386198

eBay Product ID (ePID)15066165284

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages144 Pages

Publication NameBlood Brothers

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Theater / Playwriting, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2025

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorWilly Russell

Subject AreaDrama, Performing Arts

SeriesStudent Editions Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight4.9 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2024-030471

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal822.92

Table Of ContentChronology Commentary Socio-political landscape: Britain under Margaret Thatcher Themes: class and identity, family, nature v nurture, superstition v materialism, economic hardship (including strikes, debt, unemployment, cuts to the arts), fate Characters: Mrs Johnston, Eddie, Mickey, Linda, Mrs Lyons Dramatic devices: twins as framing device, monologue, the play as musical & rise of the mega-musical Design: lighting, sounds, costume, set, props Similar works (kitchen sink drama, working-class originated theatre& TV) Willy Russell: other works Production history, including first performance of the play in a classroom and Blood Brothers productions across the world (eg. South African production, 2013) PLAYTEXT Notes to the play

SynopsisWilly 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.

LC Classification NumberPR6068.U865B58 2025