What was the plot of the play blood brothers?

Answer 1

The plot centres on twins that were separated at birth. As the play progresses we see the two boys become less and less alike as they once were. The Play starts with another of the protagonists singing about the life she once had with her husband who recently left her. She tells of how they married young after he got her pregnant and how the proceeded to have seven children before he left. She was however pregnant by him just before he left. This woman (Mrs Johnstone) works for a rich Mrs Lyons (one of the main antagonists) and her husband who is away with work. Mrs Lyons is unable to have children of her own and thus asks Mrs Johnstone to give one of the babies to her, she promises it will have a good life and that she can see it any time she wants.

Mrs Johnstone proceeds to give the baby away after swearing on the bible that the two babies will never know of the truth or they will both die, This scares Mrs Johnstone into giving the baby away and soon after fires her giving the excuse that her work has deteriorated.

The play then skips to when the two boys are seven (nearly eight) and they meet for the first time since the separation. They become firm friends with them then cutting each others hands and becoming Blood brothers. They lose touch when Mrs Lyons decides to move the family to the countryside.

The Johnstone's are then notified that they are moving due to their street being knocked down. They are given a new house on the outskirts of the city near the countryside.

Act 2 begins 6 years later, the Johnstone family and the Lyons family have grown to forget each other even though they live fairly close. The act begins with Mrs Johnstone singing "Marilyn Monroe" with a change of verse detailing how she has lost weight, is seeing Joe the Milkman and is living a happy life. It then switches to Edward being taught how to dance and complaining how he never meets any girls at his boarding school (which he is soon returning to). We then see Mickey and Linda on their way to get the bus with Sammy catching up with them. He (Sammy) promptly threatens the Bus conductor with a knife when he refuses to give him a discount on one of the fares. This shows Sammy has an aggressive side that he is willing to use. Edward, Mickey and Linda all get suspended from their respective schools meet up on a hill; their Edward gives Mickey advice on how to talk to her (not fully understanding what he is saying). Mrs Lyons confronts Mrs Johnstone because she believes that she is following her and will always be trying to steal Edward back Mrs Lyons lashes out with a knife and is stopped by Mrs Johnstone. The trio grow up becoming good friends and when they reach 18 Edward moves away to university expecting a party when he returns at Christmas, however when he does return he finds out that Mickey and Linda are married, she is pregnant and Mickey is on the dole. Mickey lashes out at him because of how Eddie got everything in life whilst he was left with scraps. Sammy offers Mickey work for 50 pounds in one hour (robbing a bank), Mickey accepts and the robbery is unsuccessful. Mickey ends up going to jail whilst Linda is left alone to care for the baby. As the years in prison go by Mickey is given tablets that he has to take because he is severely depressed. When Mickey he is let out he is given a job (little does he know he was helped by Edward), he decides to stop taking the pills after Linda continues to ask him but not before Mrs Lyons shows Mickey Edward and Linda embracing. He charges through the town with a gun and goes to shoot Eddie with Mrs Johnstone and Linda hot on his tail. Mrs Johnstone reveals to the Twins that they are twins, Mickey waves his gun at Eddie and accidently shoots him. This allows the police to shoot him killing them both. The play ends with the living characters singing, "Tell Me it's not true".