Blood brothers is a musical written by Willy Russell. The play begins with an introduction to Mrs. Johnstone who describes her experience of a failed marriage and the arrival of numerous children. She bitter-sweetly accepts that her husband has deserted her to cope alone with not one but two children on the way. She works as a housemaid in the home of mr and Mrs.. lyons. While Mrs. Johnstone’s house is always filled with chaotic with constant clamor of childhood gmes and battles, Mrs. lyons often alone as mr lyons is mostly away for business, in a flawless house that somewhat suffers from a cold and sterile atmosphere. Mrs. lyons desperately pressures Mrs. Johnstone into passing one of twins on to her, as mr and Mrs. lyons cannot have a baby …show more content…
Blood brothers is set up in the 1960s. During this period unemployment and poverty rates were high, which led to a massive gap between the rich and the poor. There were two main social classes present at that time. These were the middle class and the working class. The middle class people were considered to be the richer part of the society. These were the people who were well educated and had their own businesses. Whereas, on the other hand were the working class people who were uneducated and poor. This can be seen in the play by comparing Edward with mickey. Mrs. Johnstone was poor and that is why she couldn’t send mickey to a good school or even for higher education whereas mr lyons provides Edward with the best facilities which makes him successful in life. Edward goes to the best school and a top university where he gets a degree and later, a good job. He has enough money to support himself whereas mickey goes to a local school where he doesn’t get a good education. He starts working at an early age and doesn’t receive any higher education. This is also one of the reasons that when he looses his job, he has to turn to crime for money. This clearly shows the difference between their social classes. the use of literary devices such as Marilyn Monroe also marks the era of the play from the 1950s to the