Blood Brothers

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West End musical stage musical

Blood Brothers is a popular British musical by Willy Russell that tells the tragic story of separated twins whose lives intertwine across class divides.

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Label Occurrences
Blood Brothers canonical 6
Blood Brothers (musical) 1
Blood Brothers (stage musical) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West End musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
adaptedTo school and amateur productions ⓘ
awardReceived Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ
surface form: Olivier Award for Best New Musical nomination
bookWriter Willy Russell ⓘ
centralRelationship fraternal twins ⓘ
composer Willy Russell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Willy Russell ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
tragic musical ⓘ
hasCharacter Edward Lyons ⓘ
Mickey Johnstone ⓘ
Mrs Johnstone ⓘ
Mrs Lyons ⓘ
Narrator ⓘ
hasSong Bright New Day ⓘ
Easy Terms ⓘ
Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
Tell Me It’s Not True ⓘ
hasTouringProductions United Kingdom ⓘ
international ⓘ
isStudiedIn A-level drama syllabuses ⓘ
GCSE drama syllabuses ⓘ
longRunningProduction West End of London ⓘ
surface form: London West End
lyricist Willy Russell ⓘ
notableWestEndRevivalStart 1988 ⓘ
notableWestEndRevivalTheatre Noël Coward Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Albery Theatre

Phoenix Theatre ⓘ
numberOfWestEndPerformances over 10,000 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalWestEndRunStart 1983 ⓘ
originalWestEndTheatre Lyric Theatre ⓘ
premiereDate 1983-01-11 ⓘ
premiereLocation Liverpool Playhouse ⓘ
productionType sung-through musical ⓘ
setting Liverpool ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
subject class divide ⓘ
nature versus nurture ⓘ
twins separated at birth ⓘ
targetAudience general theatre audiences ⓘ
theme class conflict ⓘ
family and motherhood ⓘ
fate and superstition ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
westEndRunLength over 24 years ⓘ

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Barbara Dickson → notableWork → Blood Brothers ⓘ
Kiki Dee → appearedIn → Blood Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blood Brothers (musical)
Greatest Hits → includesSong → Blood Brothers ⓘ
Petula Clark → notableWork → Blood Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blood Brothers (stage musical)
Jennifer Laura Thompson → theatreCredit → Blood Brothers ⓘ
Phoenix Theatre → notableProduction → Blood Brothers ⓘ
Phoenix Theatre → longRunningShow → Blood Brothers ⓘ
Con O’Neill → theatreWork → Blood Brothers ⓘ