Performance based on "Blood Brothers"

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Nimu Varsani 10N

The task set was to perform a piece, which had been loosely based on the theatrical production of "Blood Brothers." We were simply told that the play must be about two children who were separated at birth, and that we were told to show the consequences of this when they meet years later. We were also told that the play must end in tragedy and if possible, a piece of music should be used.

The play was performed in two parts; the first concentrated on the meeting of the two brothers and the second, on when they finally found out the truth.

We spent a number of lessons rehearsing the play, and gathering ideas to try to make the play interesting. We decided the best way to achieve this was to have humour as well as drama to keep the play from getting boring. Additionally, we spent a lot of time discussing how the various characters should act and what they should be like. With this in mind we decided that our play should consist of 6 characters; Two male twins, played by Darren and Ismail, their biological mother, played by me, my parents, played by Mishal and Keesha, and finally, the father of Darren after he had been given away, Shilen. We wanted everyone's, character's personality to be shown, and so, we tried to split the parts evenly. This was not always possible; however, as some characters needed a bigger part in order to make the play better. During both parts, we used many different devices, such as monologues, miming and spontaneous improvisation.

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Our play was in chronological order, starting with me giving away my child, by leaving him on Shilen's doorstep. We decided to do this so that the audience would know what was happening from the outset, and so they would know a little bit about a few of the characters to stop any confusion later on in the play. During this scene, only the mother and the two children were present to avoid the distractions of having other characters on stage and to make this scene emotional and dramatic.

The play then jumped forward 15 or so ...

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