Drama Essay Examples Page 44

Willy Russell, the writer of many plays, such as, “Blind Scouse”, “King of the Castle”, “Lies”, “Educating Rita” and the very famous, “Blood Brothers”, was born in Whiston in 1947. The opening of “Blood Brothers” was performed at a London theatre in 1983. “Blood Brothers” was written as a play, but in 1988, Bill Kenwright…

Willy Russell writes a tragic story about two twins who were separated at birth but were reunited and became best friends as youngsters at the age of seven. However their different backgrounds took them to opposite stages in life. Edward who had an upper-class lifestyle became a councillor and Mickey on the other hand got…

‘Blood Brothers’ is a musical written in the 1980’s by Willy Russell. It is set in Liverpool and is about two brothers. We went to see it at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Class was a major issue covered in the play – the Lyons family were upper class and the Johnson family were lower class….

During the period of the 1960s, a mother gives one of her twin sons to a woman she works for. Seven years later, the twins meet and form a friendship that is forbidden by their mothers. Ironically, due to circumstances, the families end up moving next to one another, not by choice. Predictably, the twins…

The play that I am going to discus in this essay is “Blood Brothers” by Willy Russell. I saw this play at Manchester’s Opera house theatre on the 4th May 2005. This play is set in Liverpool over 25 years starting in the mid 60’s and ending in the late 80’s. The play covers lots of…

I am applying for the job of directing the new production of “Blood Brother”. I think that I would be suited to this position because I have a good understanding of the play. The story is based around twin brothers in Liverpool, separated at birth, as their mother cannot afford to keep them both, but…

As part of our GCSE Drama course we were given the task of exploring the life of a character called Grace. This character supposedly had arrived in Britain during the turbulent period of 1950, the characters main objective being to provide sustenance to her family back home. We were required to explore this characters life…

Through the second reading the relationships of the characters came through. Linda was someone who Lisa turned to; she trusted her and could ask for advice from her. Lisa’s boyfriend appeared unreliable and unfaithful, because he left her when he found out about the baby. I don’t believe Lisa had a very good relationship with…

My devised theme is The Truth about Teenagers and it’s directed at teenagers to show them a different side of what they may think and know teenagers to be about. The films I have researched are Kidulthood, directed by Menhaj Huda; and Juno, directed by Jason Reitman. The theme of both films is teenagers, however…

This unit is based on the theme about conflict. It’s manly about the conflicts of war and the conflicting relationships between the two most important characters in this unit, Billy and Tommy. To me conflict means ‘not getting along with each other resulting each other being violent to each other, mentally or physically. ‘ In…