Notes:

WARNING: Before reading, I must make this clear. The following story written in bold ink does not belong to me AT ALL. I have COMPLETELY COPIED AND PASTED word for word of SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK and therefore CREDIT TO THEIR TRUE OWNERS. – NOW – THE REASON WHY I did this is because the story somehow inspired me on how I go about with MY OWN STORY which is WRITTEN IN BLACK INK. In Order not to get into trouble I WILL INCLUDE HOW I FOUND THE WORKS THAT DON'T BELONG TO ME AND YOU CAN GO GIVE CREDIT TO THE TRUE OWNERS IF YOU WANT. PLEASE I have no intention of stealing anyone's work so do not accuse me of anything. If by chance the owner asks that I take it down I WILL DO SO IMMEDIATELY.

IT BEGINS HERE...

INTRODUCTION TO WHAT INSPIRED ME TO CHOOSE THIS TITLEWhat is the story of the 'blood brothers'?

This is what I read of the 'blood brothers'...

'Blood Brothers' is a story about a superstition – the curse of the separated twins.

This curse (made up by the author Willy Russell) states that when twins are secretly parted, if either twin learns that he was once a pair, both twins shall immediately die.

At the start of the story, the Narrator introduces the story of the Johnstone twins, "as like each other as two new pins" and how they died "never knowing that they shared one name till the day they died".

The narrator of Blood Brothers invites you to judge for yourself how their mother – according to the legend "so cruel there's a stone in place of her heart" – came to play her part. The narrator is saying Blood Brothers begins and ends with Mrs Johnstone.

Once a beautiful young woman, Mrs Johnstone, a struggling single mother of seven, finds out that she is pregnant with twins. Her employer, Mrs Lyons persuades Mrs Johnstone to give her one of her babies. Mrs Johnstone has second thoughts when the twins are born, but Mrs Lyons bullies her into giving her one of the twins.

– "We made an agreement, a bargain. You swore on the Bible..."

Mrs Lyons takes Edward and brings him up as her own; convincing her husband this is true. Mrs Johnstone thinks she will still see her lost son when she goes cleaning, so she goes back to work but fusses over Edward, leading to Mrs Lyons increasingly growing jealousy. Mrs Lyons eventually sacks her. And when Mrs Johnstone threatens to tell someone, she is silenced when Mrs Lyons tells her the curse of the separated twins

– "You won't tell anyone about this, Mrs Johnstone, because if you do, you will kill them".

At this point, the Narrator lists a whole string of omens of disaster – shoes upon the table, the salt's been spilled, and someone broke the looking glass. The play has a sense of doom from this point, as events work themselves out to fulfil the prophecy

Children

The next time we meet the characters is when the twins are aged 7 – nearly eight. Mickey Johnstone, while playing Cowboys and Indians, wanders up the 'posh end' of the neighbourhood and bumps into Edward Lyons. Finding they share the same birthday, they become immediate friends. One day, they decide to become 'blood brothers'. Mickey envies Edward his sweets and toys; Edward envies Mickey his naughty adventures and knowledge of swear-words. Both long to be 'in the other's shoes'.

When they find out, both mothers try to stop the children meeting, but the bond is too strong, and the boys disobey their parents to meet each other, and a mutual friend, Linda. REMEMBER, SO IT'S TWO LITTLE BOYS AND ONE LITTLE GIRL AND THE THREE ARE FRIENDS.

Ominously, their favourite game is cops and robbers, and they have gangster-like pretend 'shoot-outs' – they get 'shot' and 'die', "but you know if you cross your fingers and if you count from one to ten, you can get up off the ground again. It really doesn't matter the whole thing's just a game".

The idea of 'class' comes into many of Willy Russell's plays, and there is a telling scene when the three land up in trouble with the police. Whereas Mickey is returned home with threats of court and prison, Edward is taken home with a smile and the reassurance that it was "just a prank ... he's a good lad". NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE OF TREATMENT WHEN IT WAS THE SAME CRIME THAT BOTH YOUNG BOYS COMMITED TOGETHER? PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE EITHER OF THEM? – MICKEY IS FROM A LOW CLASS WHILE EDWARD COMES FROM A HIGH CLASS MEANING MICKEY'S FAMILY IS POOR WHILE EWARD'S FAMILY IS RICH. – Now do you understand the reason why the boys get treated differently?

Thus fate throws the two boys together again when they meet by chance, aged 14. A visit to the pictures and a meeting with Linda re-unites the threesome - Both boys fancy Linda, but Edward is much too shy to tell her.

Depression

The boys' friendship, however, finds itself tested by fate, and class. Edward goes to university, returns to a successful career and becomes a local Councillor. Mickey gets a job he hates in a local factory, and he marries Linda because she gets pregnant.

But then there is a downturn in the economy, and Mickey loses his job. To Edward, not having to work seems rather fun, but Mickey tells him that he doesn't know what he is talking about. The two part angrily. Instead, Mickey is persuaded to take part in a robbery in which the night watchman is shot. Mickey is sent to prison for 7 years.

When he comes out, Mickey is a broken man, depressed, hopeless, and dependent on pills. Linda is reduced to despair ... and turns to her influential friend, Councillor Edward Lyons, for help.

During this time, Linda becomes aware of the fun she has lost ("There's a girl inside the women who's waiting to get free. She's washed a million dishes and she's always making tea") and she and Edward fall in love –

"Nothing cruel, nothing wrong, just two fools who know the rules but break them all, and grasp at half a chance to play their part in light romance".

... And Disaster

At this point, Mrs Lyons tells Mickey about the relationship between Linda and Edward. Mickey - – explodes:

"There's a man gone mad, lost his mind tonight ... there's a mad man running round and round" says the Narrator.

Linda, terrified, runs to tell Mrs Johnstone, who sets off to find him...

And so the scene is set for the final disaster.

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