Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Blood Brothers'

What do you know already about the characters in 'Blood Brothers'?

The main characters we meet in the play are: 

Mrs Johnstone - The mother of the twins

Mrs Lyons - Persuades Mrs Johnstone to give her one of her twins

Mr Lyons - married to Mrs Lyons and is unaware that Eddie is not really his child

Mickey - grows up with his real mother Mrs Johnstone and the rest of his family

Edward - given away as a baby to Mrs Lyons

Linda - close friends with Mickey and Edward

Sammy - Mickey's older brother

The narrator - sometimes plays other roles such as the milkman and teacher and sometimes is a mysterious character who comments on the action in the play

In the Literature exam, you may be asked to write about how a particular character is presented in 'Blood Brothers'.

Have a go at the following activity to revise the key ideas about each of the characters in the play.

You should always refer to your own text when working through these examples.  These quotations are for reference only.