Blood Brothers Evaluation- Drama
In Drama for the live performance we went to see Blood brothers on 6th February 2012. We went as a class to the evening performance which was at the Sunderland Empire. The play was written by Willy Russell, from Liverpool in 1981.
The play is about the differences in social class between a pair of twins that were separated at birth. Mrs Johnstone gave up one of her twins to Mrs Lyons (who couldn’t have children) Mrs Johnstone is a suspicious woman so Mrs Lyons made her swear on the bible that if the twins were ever to find out they were one of a pair they would die. This of Corse came true the narrator then asks is it superstition or class that killed the twins.
I was looking forward to seeing the play as I had already seen it before in London and enjoyed it and I couldn’t wait to see it again. The play was touring from London and starred Marti Pellow as the Narrator and Maureen Nolan as Mrs Johnstone.
The theatres stage floor was raked and there was a raked auditorium also. It is an old theatre so the stage wouldn’t have been raked when it was built but it is now raked so the audience can have a full view of the stage from wherever they are sat. There was an orchestra piece below the stage and the conductor was conducting the band and the actors. We were sat just in front of the stage in Row B in the stalls. We had an amazing view of the stage; we had a great view and got to experience the show in a different light.
The play begins with showing the audience how the play will end, with the death of the two brothers; Mickey and Eddie. Mrs Johnstone is stood around her two dead sons who are placed parallel to one another in the middle of the stage covered in red blankets which could be a connotation of death then the opening song begins. The narrator begins to tell the story of what happened to the twins. The narrator opens the play with the first line which immediately drew me into the play and I was interested instantly and he cropped up in many scenes which
The play is about the differences in social class between a pair of twins that were separated at birth. Mrs Johnstone gave up one of her twins to Mrs Lyons (who couldn’t have children) Mrs Johnstone is a suspicious woman so Mrs Lyons made her swear on the bible that if the twins were ever to find out they were one of a pair they would die. This of Corse came true the narrator then asks is it superstition or class that killed the twins.
I was looking forward to seeing the play as I had already seen it before in London and enjoyed it and I couldn’t wait to see it again. The play was touring from London and starred Marti Pellow as the Narrator and Maureen Nolan as Mrs Johnstone.
The theatres stage floor was raked and there was a raked auditorium also. It is an old theatre so the stage wouldn’t have been raked when it was built but it is now raked so the audience can have a full view of the stage from wherever they are sat. There was an orchestra piece below the stage and the conductor was conducting the band and the actors. We were sat just in front of the stage in Row B in the stalls. We had an amazing view of the stage; we had a great view and got to experience the show in a different light.
The play begins with showing the audience how the play will end, with the death of the two brothers; Mickey and Eddie. Mrs Johnstone is stood around her two dead sons who are placed parallel to one another in the middle of the stage covered in red blankets which could be a connotation of death then the opening song begins. The narrator begins to tell the story of what happened to the twins. The narrator opens the play with the first line which immediately drew me into the play and I was interested instantly and he cropped up in many scenes which