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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am applying for the job of directing the new production of “Blood Brother”. I think that I would be suited to this position because I have a good understanding of the play. The story is based around twin brothers in Liverpool, separated at birth, as their mother cannot afford to keep them both, but later on an inevitable fall out between the boy’s leads to a sudden end. There are noticeable differences between the two twin brothers; Mickey and Eddie, as they are background and upbringings play a big part in their different characteristics.

The first scene that I have chosen is the one in which Eddie returns from university to find Mickey looking very dejected. Eddie returns ready to party and have fun, but Mickey realizes that they are now very different and after a small fight with Eddie they part. To reflect Mickey’s mode in the scene I would use dark lighting to get the mood across as quite depressed and dejected. Mickey would be sat on the street pavement, staring into space, as this would give the impression that he was bored, not knowing what to do. When Eddie turns up to surprise Mickey, he would come onto the stage with a spring in this step, almost skipping with excitement. The lighting would change as he walked across the stage until he reached Mickey where it would darken again to suggest to the audience just how glum Mickey is, so much so that it’s putting a dark cloud over everything.  When Mickey first speaks in the scene, in response to Eddies “guess who”. He says Father Christmas he would need to say it a flat monotone to get the point that he is depressed across, and a t the same time keeping his head low and not looking at Eddie too deep in his own thoughts to do so. Further on the scene Mickey explains to Eddie why he no long her has a job, but Eddie does not seem to understand why it is a problem. “Why….why I s a job so important? If I couldn’t get a job I’d just say, sod it and draw the dole, live like a bohemian, tilt my hat to the world and say ‘screw you’. So you’re not working. Why is it so important?” When Eddie says this it need to sound like ha has a carefree attitude to life, and that he does not really think of money and Mickey’s situation. This can be done by Eddie opening his hand, like he’s asking the whole stage why it’s a problem and spoken in a light hearted voice, almost chuckling like he doesn’t give a care to the world, basically saying its not the end of the world, you’re still alive. When Eddie is saying this to Mickey, he needs to turn away, like he’s angry that Eddie doesn’t understand his situation and that he’d much rather be in eddies shoes, with money floating everywhere and not worrying how he was going to pay for his next meal.  Over all the scene is quite gloomy with quite a tense atmosphere between Mickey and Eddie, but Eddie acting cheerfully not taking into full consideration Mickey’s worries and being more bothered about the parties and alcohol.

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The next scene I have focussed on is where Linda, Mickey’s girlfriend, visits him in prison. The atmosphere is again quite hostile as Mickey is taking the anti-depressants he has been prescribed by the doctor, but Linda is unhappy that he is taking them, pleading him to stop taking them but Mickey again ends the conversation, like in the previous scene by telling her to leave him alone. The scene would again be dark and dingy to try to recreate the colourings and mood of the prison and prisoners. When Linda meets him she greets him by saying, “what ...

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