{"product_id":"blood-brothers-willy-russell","title":"Blood Brothers (Willy Russell)","description":"\u003cdiv\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the most-produced writers of his time, Willy Russell (b. Whiston, Liverpool, 23 Aug. 1947) is a playwright and songwriter. He has written a large number of highly successful 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\u003eEducating Rita \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), \u003ci\u003eBlood Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e(1981; musical version 1983), and \u003ci\u003eShirley Valentine \u003c\/i\u003e(1986). His novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wrong Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to great acclaim in 2000.\n\u003cb\u003eRebecca Hillman \u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eSenior Lecturer in the Department of Communications, Drama and Film, at the University of Exeter, UK. Her teaching and research explore how activists harness performance as part of campaigns, protests, and direct-action initiatives, and is informed by her work as a trade unionist and theatre-maker.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 144 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65782847078749,"sku":"K097738256","price":12.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9773825600001A.jpg?v=1788339565","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/blood-brothers-willy-russell","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}