Blood Brothers coursework
Blood Brothers Play Review Recently I have been to see 'Blood Brothers' the musical and I will be writing a review on my thoughts of the production. 'Blood Brothers' is about male twins that were separated at birth. One 'Eddie' was given away to Mrs Lyons to be adopted and the other was kept with its birth mother 'Mrs Johnston'. The boys grew up on different sides of the neighbourhood and soon encountered each other and became 'Blood Brothers'. Mrs Lyons did not want Eddie to find out that she was not his mother so she decided to move away and have a new beginning. Co-incidentally they moved to the same neighbourhood. They met again. Eddie went off to college and Mickey looked for a job. Mickey married his childhood sweetheart Linda and Linda them a house by asking Eddie. Mickey didn't like the fact that Eddie was providing for his family. Mickey began to get jealous and went after Eddie but he wasn't going to kill him, the police got the wrong impression. They were both killed. Staging I think that the staging of the play was very efficient because they only ever had to change the whole set once and this was during the intermission. The set was of the rough side of the neighbourhood and the houses were on the left, on the right hand side of the stage there were a few exits in the form of alleyways. I think that this was very effective because the set was used in many
Blood Brothers Evaluation
Tanushri Ms Tully 10a How effectively did "Blood Brothers" explore the differences in socio-economic status in Liverpool in the 1960's? We went to see the musical "Blood Brothers", at the Phoenix Theatre on February 4th 2008. "Blood Brothers" is set in Liverpool in the early eighties. It tells the terrible tale of two twins separated at birth, as a mother of seven and the only person in the house who earns money; she can't afford to keep them. She agrees to give one away to her employer, Mrs Lyons, a rich woman unable to have children of her own. One twin grows up in a middle class household and the other in a working class household. It is by fate that Mickey and Eddie become 'blood brothers', with no clue as to the irony. The play looks at the contrast in the way the two boys are brought up and the issue of social class in Britain in 1960. The main themes of the play are; superstition and socio-economic status. The narrators opening passage tells us what is going to happen in the play. He gives us a chance to make a judgement about the characters we have been told about. It creates tension as we wait for the other characters to be introduced. The narrator tells us of two twins separated at birth, only to brought together and die. He constantly reminds us of their fate with songs as soliloquy. The play was structured well, grabbing the audiences' attention from the
Blood Brothers Review
Blood Brothers Review Blood Brothers is a famous play that is performed nearly everyday at the Phoenix Theatre, on Charing Cross Road. We have been studying the basic story line of the play and using it as our stimuli for similar improvisations, but seeing it being performed professionally on stage in a theatre is quite a different experience. The play is about a single mother called Mrs Johnstone who struggles to bring up her seven children because of finance problems. When she gives birth to twins, her rich boss who longs to have a child offers to take one of the twins and pass it off as her own. Unsure, Mrs Johnstone agrees on the bases that she will be able to see him everyday. After her boss, Mrs Lyons, takes the baby, she coldly fires Mrs Johnstone, as she is worried that the baby will later discover that he has a twin. She is worried because she believes in a curse that states that if twins are separated at birth, they must not discover that they are twins or else both twins will die. When the boys, Edward and Mickey were 7 they accidentally met, and became best friends, but do not realise they are twins as they are not completely identical. As they have completely different lifestyles they start to grow apart and when they hit 19 they have separate lives. Edward is educated and has a comfortable lifestyle, but Mickey struggles, and faces many difficulties with money.
Blood Brothers review
I went to see Blood Brothers, by Willy Russell on October 15th 2009 at the Manchester Opera House. The story is set in Liverpool in the 1960s and it centres on Mrs Johnston and her family. It tells a demoralizing tale of two twin brothers separated at birth that grew up in two different social classes and how their lives become unavoidably linked ending in them finally becoming reunited in death. It tells the agonising story of a mother's utter anguish of losing her child and shows us the impoverished life she led and her financial desperation which resulted in her striking a deal with an affluent, infertile women trading in a human life. The show is based around the superstition that "If either twin learns that he was once one of a pair, they shall both immediately die". The pressures of superstition, economics and class trap both brothers and seal their fate - their paths are destined to cross again in both friendship and anger with the most tragic consequences imaginable. Blood Brothers is a powerful and moving story, with both lively and sad parts. It's a wonderful tale that will capture your heart and leave a lasting impression. The show is both hilariously funny and deeply moving. I think that one of the most effective scenes was when Mickey came back home from prison and is going through the depression phase. In this scene the lighting is really dim, which reflects on
For our development section of the course we are asked to perform a monologue. This could either be a previously written monologue of 'Our Sammy', which is from the Blood Brothers play
Development section For our development section of the course we are asked to perform a monologue. This could either be a previously written monologue of 'Our Sammy', which is from the Blood Brothers play, or to write up our own monologue which relates to the play 'Blood Brothers'. I decided to write my own monologue, because It gave me the chance to be original, and to express what I interpret what the characters are feeling, so that I could put it into my own words and to block the piece how I wanted it to be performed. The 'monologue' word comes from the Greek words "mono" and "logos" which means "one word", it is a linguist act designed to transport/convey information by one person directly addressing the audience. In a monologue the thespian needs to be alone, however, none of the other cast speaks. Although when an actor/actress is alone, perhaps thinking out loud, this is a soliloquy, not a monologue. There are two basic types of monologue that can be performed, these are a; Exterior monologue: Whereby the actor speaks to another person, who is not in the performance space and who is not in the audience. Interior Monologue: This is where the actor speaks to himself or herself. It is examining their own sensory and perceptual experiences and reveals the inner motives/thoughts to the audience. This is commonly used in stream of consciousness (stream of
Review of "Blood Brothers".
Name Removed Blood Brothers 21st March 2011 Name of Theatre Removed “Blood Brothers” is a musical that explores divides in society caused by class. It also shows that children and their friendships are able to overlook class divides – another key theme in the play is friendship. There are also themes of superstition, which are repeated as motifs throughout the piece. The stage at the Name of Theatre Removed is raked, which means that the set had to be adapted to fit the slope of the stage. The sides of the stage were filled with scenery resembling terraced houses on both sides, with doors and archways that were used by the actors as entrances and a balcony which allows the use of levels (the characters who occupied the balconies were frequently in a position of power over the characters on the main stage). During the first half of the performance, the backdrop was a cityscape filled with industrial buildings, which is painted in sombre colours, which reflected Mrs Johnstone’s despair and poverty. However, during the second half, the backdrop is painted with a blue sky, showing Mrs Johnstone’s optimism in the family’s new home. The audience initially thought that the backdrop reflected the mood of the piece, as the first half began with a very dark tone and the second half began as a very upbeat piece, however, the tones changed during the performance, meaning
Drama Coursework
Drama Coursework My devised performance for option 1 was assessed on the 31st January and is based on the theme of homelessness. I played a few parts in the performance such as; in the first scene I was a controller who does not talk but simply controls the main characters who are in a lifeless state. I later play a passer-by in the scene where Niki and Jay are begging. This does not involve a lot other than say "sorry I don't have any money" and then as another passer-by I say "get away from me!" Then I play the part of a stereotypical bar manager who refuses to let Niki into the club because of the way she looks. Shortly after I play a barman who just mimes speech and serving drinks. In the last scene I go back to playing the controller. I researched the roles of bar man and bar manager by observing the way 'real barmen/managers' dress by going into local pubs and restaurants. As a manager I had to play the role appropriately by standing firm to show the other characters that I was in charge. I also did this by raising my voice slightly at the other characters. I am comparing my devised performance to 'Under the Bridge' which is a play