• Reading Levels 3 - 5
English

Blood Brothers

Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers — a musical written and set in a ThatcherOften refers to Margaret Thatcher, Britain's prime minister from 1979 to 1990. -era Britain riven by the economic forces of unemployment, recession and growing inequality — invites the audience to consider whether social class or individual choice plays the greater role in shaping the course of a person’s life. It tells the story of twins separated at birth; Mickey remains with his poverty-stricken single mother, while Eddie is raised in an affluentWealthy. middle-class family. Even as their lives move in opposing directions, shaped by their different backgrounds, they are repeatedly drawn together by forces seemingly outside their control — with ultimately tragic consequences.

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