Description: This Student Edition offers contemporary, accessible and vivid insights into the play and the context in which it was written, and conveys how groundbreaking Blood Brothers was at the time as well as looking at direct parallels today.
Brief description: One 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 John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (1974), Breezeblock Park (1975), One for the Road (1976), Our Day Out (television 1977; stage musical version 1983), Stags and Hens (1978; filmed as Dancin' thru the Dark, 1990), Educating Rita (1979), Blood Brothers(1981; musical version 1983), and Shirley Valentine (1986). His novel, The Wrong Boy, was published to great acclaim in 2000.
Review Quotes: "This Student Edition is a class act - packed with lucid, easily digestible, yet valuable insights that will help students think about and analyse the meanings and intentions of the play with greater care. It's also a welcome reminder of why Blood Brothers deserves to be part of our cultural DNA." --Teach Secondary