Blood Brothers

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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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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