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- Following a brief reenactment of the scene of Mickey and Edward’s deaths, the Narrator introduces their mother, Mrs Johnstone, to the audience.
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Introduced to the Narrator. The Narrator then briefly introduces us to the story of the Johnstone brothers. We learn that they were twins, separated at birth: “one was kept and one given away”, and that they only discovered they were brothers moments before their tragic deaths.
- Analysis: Introduction to Mrs. Johnston and Lyons
Russell uses the Narrator to ensure that the audience knows...
- Analysis: Introduction to Mrs. Johnston and Lyons
Russell uses the Narrator to ensure that the audience knows from the very beginning that the play has a tragic ending. The Narrator reappears periodically to remind the audience of the fate that awaits the twins, creating an ominous sense of doom.
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.
The Narrator. The biological mother of Mickey and Edward (as well as a horde of other children, including Sammy and Donna Marie), Mrs. Johnstone is a deeply superstitious woman who is forever scrambling to get by, but has a good heart and a strong sense of right and wrong.
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.
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The narrator examines the environmental conditioning and personalities of Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Lyons, Mickey, Edward, Linda and Sammy as parts of the action are played out, exploring how the...
