AQA GCSE Drama Blood Brothers

Who is Mrs Johnstone?

A working class single mother, who at the start of the play works as a cleaner for the Lyonses

Three words to describe Mrs Johnstone?

Superstitious, vulnerable and caring

Who is Mrs Lyons?

A typical middle-class woman in the 1960's, she is a housewife

Three words to describe Mrs Lyons?

Unhappy, manipulative and insecure

Who is Mickey Johnstone?

The youngest of Mrs Johnstone's children, working class family

Three words to describe Mickey Johnstone?

Friendly, sensitive and troubled

Who is Edward Lyons?

The child Mrs Johnstone gives away, raised as an only child of a middle-classed couple

Three words to describe Edward Lyons?

Gernerous, polite and naïve

Who is Linda?

Mickey's childhood friend

Three words to describe Linda?

Protective, passionate and proactive

Who is Sammy Johnstone?

Mickey's older brother, badly behaved and bullies Mickey

Three words to describe Sammy Johnstone?

Aggressive, badly-behaved and persuasive

Who is the Narrator?

Helps tell the story of Blood Brothers

Three words to describe the narrator?

Menacing, mysterious and unsympathetic

A quote showing Mrs Johnstone as 'superstitious'?

"Mrs Lyons, never put new shoes on a table..."

A quote showing Mrs Johnstone as 'vulnerable'?

"How are we gonna live without my job?"

A quote showing Mrs Johnstone as 'caring'?

"Does your mother look after you?"

A quote showing Mrs Lyons as 'unhappy'?

"We've been trying for such a long time now..."

A quote showing Mrs Lyons as 'manipulative'?

"Surely, it's better to give one child to me."

A quote showing Mrs Lyons as 'insecure'?

"I don't want her to hold the baby, Richard."

A quote showing Mickey Johnstone as 'friendly'?

"Do you wanna be my blood brother, Eddie?"

A quote showing Mickey Johnstone as 'sensitive'?

"He couldn't stop the tears."

A quote showing Mickey Johnstone as 'troubled'?

"Now give me the tablets...I need them."

A quote showing Edward Lyons as 'generous'?

"Yes, of course. Take as many as you want."

A quote showing Edward Lyons as 'polite'?

"You're looking very well, Mrs Johnstone."

A quote showing Edward Lyons as 'naïve'?

"Why don't you buy a new house near us?"

A quote showing Linda as 'protective'?

"Oh leave him alone, you. Y'big worm!"

A quote showing Linda as 'passionate'?

"I don't care who knows. I just love you."

A quote showing Linda as 'proactive'?

"I think I've got Mickey a job."

A quote showing Sammy Johnstone as 'aggressive'?

"Now move, you. Move! Give me the bag."

A quote showing Sammy Johnstone as 'badly-behaved'?

"Sammy burnt down the school"

A quote showing Sammy Johnstone as 'persuasive'?

"Fifty quid, Mickey. Fifty quid for an hour's work."

A quote showing the Narrator as 'menacing'?

"Did you forget about the reckoning day?"

A quote showing the Narrator as 'mysterious'?

"If only the three of them could stay like that forever"

A quote showing the Narrator as 'unsympathetic'?

"Did y'never hear of the mother, so cruel"