Blood Brothers tells the tragic tale of twin brothers who are born into a large working-class family, and the consequences of one of them being adopted by a neighbouring middle-class family. This is the original version of the play, initially commissioned for performance by the Merseyside Young People's Theatre Company. This Oxford Playscript is ideal for KS3 and GCSE English and Drama students, perfect for both performance and classroom study.
Key Features:
-Original version of this modern classic, with 13 speaking parts
-Suitable for both KS3 and GCSE study
-Includes motivating activities focusing on performance, close text analysis, language and structure, together with varied creative tasks
-Insights into the play by the authors and adaptors
-Notes on staging, props, and illustrations
-Explores themes of class, identity, and fate
Suitable for: KS3 and GCSE English and Drama departments
Themes: class, identity, fate
This is Book 27 in the Oxford Playscripts Series. See all Oxford Playscripts books here.
Liverpool playwright Willy Russell is a National Curriculum approved author whose play Blood Brothers is a set text at GCSE. Mark Gunton is a head of English in Derbyshire.
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