Willy Russell

Blood Brothers (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Mulligan, Jim

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Liverpudlian West Side Story, Blood Brothers is 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 blood-bath.

Blood Brothers was first performed at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983 and subsequently transferred to the Lyric Theatre, London. It was revived in the West End in 1988 for a long-running production and opened on Broadway in 1993.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472536372
• Artikelnr.: 40319072

Autorenporträt

One of the most-produced writers of his time, Willy Russell (b. Whiston, Liverpool, 23 Aug. 1947) is a playwright and songwriter. He has written a large number of highly successful plays and musicals for stage and TV including John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (1974), Breezeblock Park (1975), One for the Road (1976),Our Day Out (television 1977; stage musical version 1983), Stags and Hens (1978; filmed as Dancin' thru the Dark, 1990), Educating Rita (1979), Blood Brothers(1981; musical version 1983), and Shirley Valentine (1986). His novel, The Wrong Boy, was published to great acclaim in 2000.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Introduction
Historical Context
Genre and Form
Social Realism
A Folk Ballad?
Themes
Superstition and Fate
Class
Debt
BLOOD BROTHERS
Notes

Rezensionen

This Student Edition is a class act - packed with lucid, easily digestible, yet valuable insights that will help students think about and analyse the meanings and intentions of the play with greater care. It's also a welcome reminder of why Blood Brothers deserves to be part of our cultural DNA. Teach Secondary