{"product_id":"blood-brothers-willy-russell-9781350386198","title":"Blood Brothers","description":"\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Willy Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350386197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350386198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Willy Russell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420457586943,"sku":"9781350386198","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdcd12c5-dce8-4a04-8703-a4f15623462b.jpg?v=1734634689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-brothers-willy-russell-9781350386198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}