2. Plot and Context

3. Where is the setting of Blood Brothers, and why is it significant?

4. What qualities are Liverpudlians known for?

5. Which character is a ‘typical’ Liverpudlian?

6. What was Liverpool like during the 1980s?

7. Why might Mrs Johnstone’s neighbours disapprove of her?

8. What was education like at this time?

9. What type of houses did most working class people live in?

10. What were Russell’s aims when he wrote the play?

11. Characters

12. How is Mrs Johnstone described?

13. Which character is superstitious?

14. What is Mrs Johnstone scared of?

15. What does Mrs Lyon want more than anything?

16. How does Mrs Lyons persuade Mrs Johnstone?

17. How is Mrs Johnstone treated by Mrs Lyons?

18. How does Mrs Lyons maintain control of the situation?

19. How would you describe Mickey and Sammy’s relationship?

20. What is the boys’ reaction when they meet?

21. How does Sammy describe Edward?

22. Why aren’t Mickey and Edward allowed to play together?

23. Why do Linda and Mickey tell Edward what to say to the policeman?

24. How does Mickey describe Eddie?

25. How does Eddie describe Mickey?

26. What does Mrs Johnstone give to Eddie?

27. How would you describe the relationship between Eddie and Mrs Lyons?

28. How are Linda and Edward introduced, and how do they react?

29. Why do the Johnstones move?

30. How do Linda and Mickey feel towards each other?

31. How do Mickey and Eddie react when they are reunited?

32. How do Mickey and Eddie react when they are reunited?

33. What does Mrs Lyon do to Mrs Johnstone after the boys meet again?

34. What kind of life do Mickey and Linda have?

35. Why does Mickey agree to help Sammy?

36. Why does Mickey take pills?

37. What kind of wife is Linda?

38. Why does Mickey threaten to kill Eddie?

39. What emotions are evident when Mrs Johnstone revals the boys are twins?

40. Why does the narrator question the audience?

41. Did the twins have to die?

42. Themes

43. What qualities do the twins demonstrate?

44. Name three ideas that Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone represent?

45. What are the characters’ biggest strenghts/weaknesses?

46. Give two examples of the themes of identity and fate.

47. Name three ways in which the play explores social class.

48. Name three ways in which the play explores friendship.

49. Link a character/event/quotation to one of the following themes:
Money
Social Class
Fate
Superstition
Friendship
Coming of age
Identity
Gender

50. Quotations

51. “Me husband, he’d_________________, A month or two ago, For a girl they say who looks a bit like___________________.”

52. “listen , love, I’m up to here with_____________’’

53. “You never put __________ on the table”

54. “Actually, Mrs J, we bought such a large house for the –_________________– we thought ___________________”

55. “Already you’re being ____________ by the ____________ people”

56. “A garden to play in” vs. “______________________.’’

57. “The house is your domain. Look, Jen, I’ve got a ____________________ ”

58. “You won’t tell anyone about this, Mrs Johnstone, because if you do,____________________ ”

59. “Pissed off. You say______________, don’t you?”

60. "Ey, we were ______________________________ …that means we can be _______________________________ ’’.

61. “Do you wanna be ________________ , Eddie?”

62. “There’s no such thing as a_______________ . It’s a –__________.”

63. “Because, because you’re ________________
“Because, because you’re ________________. You’re not, do you understand?”

64. Linda moves in to protect Mickey “Well, well, all youse lot swear, so you’ll ___________________”

65. “It’s just…it’s these ________________ …these ___________________ that Edward has_______________________ . They’re…they’re _________________________.”

66. “Now you know the _________ got your _________________ ”

67. “Serious _________ , love”

68. “More of a _________ , really.”

69. “Fuck off (He produces a knife) Now move, Move!___________________ ”

70. “I don’t care who ____________ , I just______________. I _____________

71. “But you don’t_________, do you, Johnstone?”

72. “Wherever I go you’ll be_________________.”

73. “There’s a ______ inside__________, She’s waiting to_____________, She’s washed a million dishes, She’s always making tea.”

74. “Talk of ________”

75. “I know, but I still can’t tell you
“I know, but I still can’t tell you. It’s just a _______ , everybody has ______, don’t you have ________?”

76. “Wish that I could_________________, And be just a little bit like
“Wish that I could_________________, And be just a little bit like. That guy”

77. ‘’ I ____________ the day I met you’’.

78. ‘’I curse you. ________!’’

79. “And only if the three of them could ______________ ”

80. “Why, why is a ______ so ___________?”

81. “In your _________ I’d be the same, I’d still be able to_________
“In your _________ I’d be the same, I’d still be able to_________ . But I’m not______________”

82. “I’ve always______________, you must have known that”

83. “Listen, it’s not a ______, y’know… We’re not______________”

84. “I didn’t sort anythin’ out Linda” “That’s why I take them
“I didn’t sort anythin’ out Linda” “That’s why I take them. So I can be _______________ ”

85. EDWARD laughs, grabbing LINDA jokingly
EDWARD laughs, grabbing LINDA jokingly. Their ___________________ as they look at each other. Suddenly they ________.

86. You know the _______ got your __________, You know he's right beside you, He's screamin' deep inside you, And someone said he's callin' ___________________________________________________________________________________. Today. TODAY!

87. “(He stands glaring…almost uncontrollable with rage): I ___________________ …I could________________________!”

88. "Mickey. Don’t _________ Eddie. He’s___________
"Mickey. Don’t _________ Eddie. He’s___________. You had a_______________."

89. “And do we blame _____________ on what has come to pass
“And do we blame _____________ on what has come to pass? Or could it be what we English have come to _______________ ?”