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Blood Brothers by willy russell - Coggle Diagram
Blood Brothers by willy russell
characters
Narrator
Bad omen
Milkman
OBGYN
mrs lyons
Manipulative, mentally unwell, upper class, clasist, overprotective
Mrs johnson
Mum of mickey and edward
Made a deal with Mrs Lyons to give her a baby
Superstitous
Lower class
Scouse accent (heavy)
mr lyons
Out of the picture alot, Working, upper class
linda
Obessed with mickey until eddie came along
sammy
Troublesome older brother
Edward
Upper class twin
Mickey
Lower class
themes
nature vs nurture
CLASS DIFFERENCE
Marylin Monroe - beauty
60s,70s,80s
Age Jump
baby,7,
poverty
Heavy subjects
Foreshadowing
Brechian
superstition
Repetition
songs/lyrics
if you cross your fingers and you count from 1 - 10
Shows childhood excitment
say it isn't true say its just a story
and we went dancing
My friend
Shows bromance between mickey and edward
and parody that guy
Lines
Mouths mummy
Tells Mrs lyons she is preganant with twins
Actually the narrator as a doctor - shows bad sign
The devils got your number
song that plays often
Narrator
Your a .. Fuck off
Mrs lyons insitincivly hits edward
my names elliot ness
and zis the bomb i 'old it can distroy the whole atmostphere ive primed it to explode unless you let me out of here (no) then i sugesst you cover your ears
and whats your name son - adolf hitler
you know the most smashing things
Act 1
Act 2
Costumes
Edward
Locket
Fancy, Clean
Mickey
DIrty, ripped
Background
Based on Willy's background on British society
Willy Russel
Born 1947
Left school at 15
WIthout school qualifications, he became a hairdresser
At 20 he went back to education and became a teacher
Started writing songs, plays
Likes to write about where he came from
Wrote a play on the Beatles (in liverpool)