‘Blood Brothers’ Documentary Response Introduction This documentary response encompasses the assessed work on the chosen stimulus‚ ‘Blood Brothers’. The text provoked different responses displayed varyingly across the group. Underlying themes which arose were social background‚ the individual within society‚ friendship and education‚ and growing up and money. Essentially‚ I have learnt that the play is an exploration of the above themes surrounding an embedded theme of love and the risks and
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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
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Blood Brothers Essay The past few weeks I have been reading the play Blood Brothers written by Willy Russell. It is the story of twin brothers who are separated at birth. Wealthy Mrs Lyons‚ who is not able to have her own children‚ blackmails her maid‚ Mrs Johnstone into giving her one of her new born twins. Mrs Lyons says all Miss Johnston’s other children well benefit‚ as the Johnston’s have little money. The women agree that it should be their secret and no one else will ever know the truth
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The original scene was an extract from Willy Russel’s play Blood Brothers. We recreated the song “mad women”‚ this song was sang by the children who were describing Mrs Lyons. The song suggests that Mrs Lyons had “gone mad” the line “high up on a hill” almost shows as if Mrs Lyons is some sort of witch We decided to incorporate the medium of props into our exploration. We used red ribbons to act as a multifunctional prop as well as the buckets and the bamboo sticks. In our performance we decided
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How does Willy Russell show the differences between Mickey and Eddie in Blood Brothers? Blood Brothers’ is the tragic story of twin brothers who were separated at birth‚ who both lead opposite lives and shows how class can affect upbringing. Mickey lives in poverty with his biological mother Mrs Johnstone who is attempting but failing to control her infinite number of children. Eddie is given to Mrs Lyons‚ a wealthy woman who is in fact Mrs Johnstone’s boss‚ as Mrs Johnstone realises that she
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Blood Brothers tells the story of the Johnstone twins‚ Mickey and Eddie‚ brothers separated at birth who reunite and become friends in their childhood‚ unaware of their relation to each other or of the consequences their relationship will bring about. At the start of the musical‚ working class woman Mrs. Johnstone learns she is pregnant with twins and confides in her employer Mrs. Lyons about her fears that she will not be able to support both children. Mrs. Lyons‚ a wealthy and deceitful woman
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Blood Brothers Theatre Review Word Count:1‚282 Cast: Mrs Johnstone – Vivienne Carlyle Narrator- Phillip Stewart Eddie- Paul Christopher Mickey- Mark Rice-Oxley Mrs Lyons- Abigail Jaye Linda- Louise Clayton Sammy- Michael Southern Donna Marie- Kevin Pallister We visited the Phoenix Theatre on the fourth of October and when we the play started I was drawn to the actual setting of the stage; firstly contrast in the set and how it represented the two side’s class divide. Mrs Johnstone’s
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Blood Brothers. “Blood Brothers” was released in 1983. It was written by Willy Russel. The play is about an important message that Willy Russel is trying to convey. The message is about class. It is also about superstition‚ how it effects the lives of people and how it effects a persons personality. In the play there are two twins separated at birth. There called Mikey and Edward. One of the twins is given away to a higher class family (Edward)‚ a wealthier family‚ a family giving more opportunity
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disabilities‚ was mistreated and left for dead or stranded by his brother. Doodle’s brother was selfish and greedy enough to leave a boy learning how to walk because Doodle wasn’t how he wanted him to be. Doodle’s brother was cruel to him‚ he knew Doodle had disabilities‚ but he wasn’t careful‚ and last‚ he wouldn’t listen to Doodle. To start‚ Doodle’s Brother was cruel to Doodle.First‚ “It was [grave] enough having an invalid brother‚ but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable‚
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According to New York Time’s Review‚ the film Captain Blood “provided a properly picturesque background for Dr. Blood’s piratical career‚ as the Warner Brothers skillfully reconstruct the England of the sanguinary Monmouth uprising‚ the West Indies of tortured slaves and savage masters‚ and the ships that sailed the Spanish Main flying the jolly roger”. On the other hand‚ a masculine and heroic protagonist along side with a beautiful and delicate love interest is definitely an iconography of adventure
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