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Mrs. Johnstone: Impoverished. Mrs. Johnstone and her family live in poverty. This is what forces her to give Edward to Mrs. Lyons. However, she does have a 'happy-go-lucky' attitude, embracing what life throws at her.
Mrs. Johnstone introduces the important symbol of Marilyn Monroe. The Hollywood star met a tragic end, and she is mentioned several times in the play because her demise mirrors what happens to several of the characters, especially Mrs. Johnstone’s son, Mickey.
Mrs Johnstone is worried that she will not cope with another two mouths to feed. She tells Mrs Lyons who suggests that Mrs Johnstone give her one of the twins to bring up as her own. As her husband is away, she can conceal the truth from him.
Throughout the play we see the huge contrast between Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone. At the beginning of the play, the Narrator describes Mrs Johnstone as ‘the mother, so cruel’ – but is this what we are led to think of Mrs Johnstone? For instance, how do we react to the scene where Mrs Johnstone allows the boys to
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As Act One opens, Mrs. Johnstone laments in song, begging the narrator and audience to “tell me it’s not true.” The Narrator, meanwhile, introduces the audience to the story of the Johnstone brothers, twins separated at birth, who found out the story of their origins only moments before they died.
Blood Brothers Guide. Plot Summary. Plot – this refers to the events that make up the storyline of the play. Act I. The play opens with a prologue that tells us that the Johnstone twins were separated and then died on the day they found out about each other.
In Episode Six, we're going to be chatting about the dramatisation of Blood Brothers and how being a play rather than a novel impacts the reader and the audience. Listen on BBC Sounds Question
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