| Blood Brothers Contributor(s): Russell, Willy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413767701 ISBN-13: 9780413767707 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: "Blood Brothers is undoubtedly the most exciting thing to have happened to the English musical theatre in years ... essentially a folk opera, a Liverpudlian West Side Story, about twin brothers who grow up on opposite sides of the social tracks without realizing their fraternity."-Sheridan Morley "Russell is less concerned with political tub-thumping than with weaving a close-knit story about the working of fate and destiny ... it carries one along with it in almost unreserved enjoyment."-Guardian Blood Brothers premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse in January 1983. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Music | Genres & Styles - Musicals |
| Dewey: 822 |
| Series: Methuen Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.3" W x 7.7" (0.25 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath. |