{"product_id":"blood-brothers-paperback-26","title":"Blood Brothers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilly Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJenny Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Hillman\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilly Russell's 1983 play with music tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. One of them is given away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a bloodbath. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter its premiere at the Liverpool Playhouse, the musical has gone on to receive productions around the world and ran for decades in London's West End, as well as extensively touring the UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised Student Edition includes a commentary by Rebecca Hillman, which offers accessible and vivid insights into the play and the context in which it was written through a 21st-century lens. As well as helping us appreciate the play today, it also conveys how how ground-breaking Blood Brothers was at the time in representing working-class lives on stage, as well as explicitly exposing the flaws of the British class system.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilly Russell \u003c\/b\u003eis a playwright and songwriter, and one of the most-produced writers of his time. His plays and musicals for stage and TV including \u003ci\u003eJohn, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), \u003ci\u003eBreezeblock Park\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eOne for the Road\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eOur Day Out\u003c\/i\u003e (television 1977; stage musical version 1983), \u003ci\u003eStags and Hens\u003c\/i\u003e (1978; filmed as \u003ci\u003eDancin' thru the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, 1990), \u003ci\u003e Educating Rita\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eBlood Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e (1981; musical version 1983), and \u003ci\u003eShirley Valentine \u003c\/i\u003e(1986).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Hillman\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research and teaching concerns performance as political activism and agitprop theatre. She focuses on theatre made by activists and trade unions in Britain since the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.78 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47322515603705,"sku":"9781350386198","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1dmJuHTWDi9781350386198.webp?v=1769528196","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/blood-brothers-paperback-26","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}