Review of a live piece of theatre - Blood Brothers
Review of a live piece of theatre
Introduction:We went to see the "Blood Brothers" on the 23rd of May at
the Phoenix Theatre. The plot of the story was that there were two
twins separated at birth. One of the twins grows up in a middle class
house hold. The other one in a working class house hold we see the
different ways in which they grow up and the clothes that they wear
are different. The play examines the issue of social in Britain.
Structure: The plot was structured at the begging there was a death
scene of the two twins the rest of the piece was a flash back the
mother of the twins was on her own and she had seven children already
and she had twins coming she didn't have enough money to feed the
seven children and could not feed two more she worked with a rich
woman who did not have any children the narrator was saying what was
happening in each scene.
Characters: Mickey was the twin in the working class he had bad
clothes he had a green jumper which had holes and he put it over his
knees his face was all dirty and you know from his body language that
he was a little boy because he was jumping on the floor and he
pretended that he had a horse his mum was telling him not to play up
there. In his monologue his body language was that he was sitting on
the floor and saying what he was not allowed to do but that he was
almost eight and when he was a twenty year old he was depressed and
his hea...
but she was also very keen to play Mrs. Lyons as she had never played
The Stage Techniques Used By Willy Russell To Keep The Audiences Attention In His Play Blood Brothers
knocked him down and sat on him. This was not in the movie. The rest
his story from his childhood. He tells us that when he was ten, he had
sorts of things that only men should have to have done. He was even going
Middle School and surprises his students with his talking horse liberty, and the way he
For a college production, the acting was outstanding. I really felt the emotions. The lead Wendla, who was played by KyLeigh Zimmerer, was amazing. I have also seen bits and pieces of the Broadway version which starred Lea Michelle, and obviously if I were to compare the acting, the Broadway version would be victorious. However, for a college production, these actors have limited past experience, but their acting was professional. Also, when they sang the song "Those You've Known," I felt chills and had goose bumps because that was such an emotional song. You could feel all the emotions and guilt Melchior, played by Ryan Ramirez, was feeling because both his best friend, Moritz, played by Justin Noblitt, and the girl he impregnated, Wendla, died and he believed he was to blame. Moritz committed suicide while Wendla died from a botch abortion her mom for...
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keep the family alive is to give one away – to her broody boss Mrs.
Live Performance Review of Blood Brothers On the eighth of July 2004 our Drama Class travelled to the New Theatre to see the sentimental Production of the musical Blood Brothers written by Willy Russel .Blood Brothers was musically directed by Richard Beadle and the performance was directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright. It was designed by Andy Walmsley and the lighting was done by Nick Richings.
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