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Focussing on the scene where Mrs Johnson agrees to give one of her unborn babies away to Mrs Lyons, explain how you would direct this section of the play so that the major issues Willy Russell was concerned about are made obvious to the audience.
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Blood Brothers by Willy Russell Focussing on the scene where Mrs Johnson agrees to give one of her unborn babies away to Mrs Lyons, explain how you would direct this section of the play so that the major issues Willy Russell was concerned about are made obvious to the audience. Blood Brothers is a Play that was commissioned by Paul Harman's Merseyside Young People's Theatre Company for Secondary school children. It was first performed at Fazakerley Comprehensive, Liverpool in November 1981. The play itself is set in Liverpool in the 1960's and it is intended to represent the class divide of the time, the division is portrayed through language, imagery and music. It was Willy Russell's way of commenting on Thatcherism. It is about an impoverished working class woman called Mrs Johnstone who is a single mother with many children and is now expecting twins. Because she is already in serious...
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