Blood Brothers. In my essay I will discuss the way the actors played the roles of Mickey and Edward and how they interacted together on stage in the scene

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Akbar Malik Blood Brothers 7.01.09

Question 7

Choose one production you have seen during your curse in which the actors worked well together on stage.

Discuss, in detail, the way n which any two performers played their roles and interacted together on stage in at least one specific scene or section. You will need to include reference to voice, movement, characterisation and relationships between characters on stage.

Play: Blood brothers Theatre: Phoenix theatre. Location: Tottenham Court Road Date: 4th of December 2008.

Blood brothers is a musical about fraternal twins who were separated at birth one was brought up in a rich family and the other in a poor family. When they reunite there fate was written and the play ended in a tragedy when both twins met and both died a tragic at the same time and place.

In my essay I will discuss the way the actors played the roles of Mickey and Edward and how they interacted together on stage in the scene where Mickey and Edward first met when they became blood brothers. I am going to talk about the way the actors projected their voice, their movement on stage, the characterisation and relationships between characters on stage.

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The scene that I’m referring to is the scene in which Mickey and Edward become blood brothers. The only characters in the scene are Mickey and Edward. In this scene the actors who played as Mickey and Edward were grown men acting as children. The actors acted well because their facial expressions were rather childish and their voices were louder and higher pitched.

The scene started when Edward realised he had seen Mickey before and therefore began to talk to Mickey. When Edward was talking he was very nervous and his posture was straight compared to Mickey ...

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