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Blood Brothers Evaluation

Title: Blood Brothers presented by Bill Kenwright Productions

Venue: His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen  

Date: 14/3/07

1) This play was about twins that were separated at birth. One child lives in poverty and the other lives with a rich family. The story is set around the themes of unemployment, crime and superstition.

2) The structure of the play was a play with elements of musical theatre.

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3) The structural devices used in the play were tableaux, flashbacks, flashforwards and a narrator. The play was a nonlinear play as it went from ending to beginning then middle and back to the end.

4) There was a cast of 14 actors and actress’s. 6 of them stayed in the roles all the through and the rest had multi-roles.

5) The play was very imaginatively set out. The used the space well. The set used balconies and multiple backgrounds. It was presented in an end on layout. The staged was a raked stage with means it ...

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