'Blood brothers' was written by W. Russell in 1982 and is set in the 60's and 70's Liverpool.
             Blood brothers is a musical play about twin brothers who are separated at birth. Mickey stays with his poverty stricken mother whilst Eddie is sold to a wealthy, middle class woman. In the play coincidences bring the twins back together.
             Willy Russell uses the play to show how class affects peoples' life chances. For example, Mickey was kept by his lower class mother in a small council house with his brothers and he went onto a school with a poorer education compared to Eddie, who had the middle class lifestyle and got the better education and better job when he grew older.
             My first chosen important character is the narrator. The narrator speaks differently to the other characters, as he speaks in rhyme and riddle to set him apart from the others and to entertain the audience. He also knows what is going to happen in the play. The narrator doesn't belong to any social class as he's not a character but he does try and emphasise the social differences between Mickey and Eddie.
             The narrator is presented to the audience by being set in the background and also plays other less important characters to make him look like he is a part of the play and make him more involved. The narrator is also presented as an entertaining person as he speaks in rhyme.
             My second most important character is Mickey. Mickey was brought up as a poor child who had little belongings. Mickey has a common Liverpool accent and lived in the poorer area of Liverpool in a working class society.
             Mickey's accent shows that he was brought up in a poorer area compared to Edwards. E.g. whereas Eddie says "mum", Mickey says "mam".
             Mickey is presented to the audience as sad and lonely without without Eddie, this shows that Eddie is like a part of Mickey and Mickey's life and that Micke
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