Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

1. On stage left were the posh houses where Edward lived, on stage

right were the council houses that Mickey and his family lived in.

Upstage centre was a brick wall with a painted goalpost, lots of

graffiti. The piece of graffiti that stood out the most was the word

‘Everton’. Upstage right was a large alleyway. On both stage left

and stage right in between the houses were smaller alleyways.

2. Mickey- Young

Linda-Teen

· Large sleeveless V-neck Pullover

· Short Black skirt

· Very dirty white plimsolls

· High heeled black stilettos

· Large dirty shorts- falling down.

· Blond hair- worn in a high ponytail.

· Black socks

· White shirt, couple of buttons undone revealing stomach and cleavage

(just).

· Grubby white shirt (short sleeved under green pullover)

· Dirty knees, face, hands and arms.

· Shirt tied at bottom

· Dark, messy hair.

3. The childhood scenes were made realistic by the costumes the

children wore. For example Linda wore a girly dress and wore her hair

in pigtails. The voices also made these scenes realistic because the

males made their voices higher. The scenes were made humorous by the

games they played and how excitable they were.

4. One of the actor’s performances I enjoyed was that of Sammy because

he was a troublemaker. His performance was made effective by the

sneaky attitude he had and the tough loud voice he used, this created

the impression he had a lot of power over people and was in charge,

but was never going to be punished for his actions. He only looked

out for himself and seemed not to care for anybody else even his

brother.

Another actor I enjoyed watching was Mickey because he started off

being a strong, fun, helpful character and ended up being a

vulnerable, self-hating character. This made me feel sorry for him.

Mickey ended up getting his brother and himself killed. He gave the

impression of needing stability in his life.

5. I think the narrator’s role was many different things. He was the

storyteller; he was also the characters’ conscience for good and

evil. He looked over the characters. The narrator was also a

forewarning to us of what is to happen.

6. I think the playwright managed the pathos, through the action and

final song ‘ Tell me its not true’ this causes the audience to feel