Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2014-06-22
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1408176939

A Liverpudlian West Side Story, Blood Brothers is 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 blood-bath. Blood Brothers was first performed at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983 and subsequently transferred to the Lyric Theatre, London. It was revived in the West End in 1988 for a long-running production and opened on Broadway in 1993.

Our Day Out

Our Day Out
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1408160765

Mrs Kay's 'Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales - in an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school. 'The skill and zest of the show . . . derive from its success in following the adult argument through while preserving all the fun of a story mainly played by children . . . I have rarely seen a show that combined such warmth and such bleakness.' The Times This edition contains the music to the play.

Stags And Hens

Stags And Hens
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1472515617

'Stags and Hens takes place in the Gents and Ladies loos of a tacky Liverpool club, where Dave and Linda have decided, unbeknownst to each other, to hold their stag and hen parties . . . a bleakly funny and perceptive study of working-class misogyny, puritanism and waste' Guardian 'Combines comedy with acrid truth in the style Willy Russell has made unmistakably his own ... and hits off brilliantly the herd instinct driving both sexes onward and bedward' Daily Telegraph 'Firmly in the centre of the playwright's best achievements: lively, coarse, well-organised, truthful and very funny' Financial Times

Carrie: The Musical - Vocal Selections

Carrie: The Musical - Vocal Selections
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Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480383864

(Vocal Selections). "This show has guts!" proclaimed Richard Zoglin of Time magazine about this 2012 revival, which won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical Revival. It features music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and book by Lawrence D. Cohen (based on the novel by Stephen King). Our folio features vocal selections for 18 songs from that revival, including: Alma Mater * And Eve Was Weak * Carrie * Carrie (Reprise) * Do Me a Favor * Dreamer in Disguise * Epilogue * Evening Prayers * I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance * In * A Night We'll Never Forget * Once You See * Open Your Heart * Unsuspecting Hearts * When There's No One * Why Not Me? * The World According to Chris * You Shine.

Educating Rita

Educating Rita
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1472515609

Educating Rita, about a working-class Liverpool girl's hunger for education, is 'simply a marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy-tale with a quizzical, half-happy ending.' Sunday Times Educating Rita premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in June 1980. Voted Best Comedy of 1980, it was subsequently made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters.

Four Major Plays

Four Major Plays
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1998
Genre: Architects
ISBN: 9780192833877

Four plays by Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler and the Master Builder.

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780748701827

Drama script of the play by Willy Russell in which twins are separated at birth.

One for the Road

One for the Road
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: Samuel French Limited
Total Pages: 46
Release: 1985
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573113208

'One for the Road' is an almost farcical comedy about one dinner party too many, as Dennis loses patience with domesticity and makes a break for the freedom of the open road. As his anarchic streak reveals itself, what was supposed to be an impeccably middle-class dinner becomes a first-class row about middle age, affairs, and what's locked in the bureau. Russell's hilarious and sharply observed play was first performed at the Lyric Theatre, London in 1987.

Blood Brothers GCSE Student Edition

Blood Brothers GCSE Student Edition
Author: Willy Russell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 147422993X

Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or independent study, these editions offer a fully comprehensive and lightly glossed play text with accompanying notes specifically directed towards readers of this age, which unravel essential topics and challenge all students to delve further into literary analysis. A well established modern classic, Willy Russell's Blood Brothers tells the story of Mickey and Eddie, twins separated at birth who grow up to lead very opposite lives, but which constantly and inevitably intersect. In addition to some on-page explanatory notes and the play text, this edition contains sub-headed analyses of themes, characters, context and dramatic devices, as well as background information on the playwright. The Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions never lose sight of their readership, and offer students the confidence to engage with the material, explore their own interpretations, and improve their understanding of the works.