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Musical: Blood Brothers
Song: SYNOPSIS
Act 1
On an empty street in Liverpool around 1980, two figures lie on red stretchers, surrounded by police, with their grieving mother beside them and are then carried away. The mother, Mrs. Johnstone pleads, "Tell me it's not true, say it's just a story." A narrator introduces the story: "...lets see how she came to play this part." Mrs. Johnstone evokes "Marilyn Monroe", and the scene moves back 25 years in time to the late 1950s or early 1960s. Mrs. Johnstone tells of her life then: she was once married but is now a single parent with lots of children. She is pregnant at present but feels she can just about cope with one more child.
Mrs. Johnstone is a cleaner for an upper-class couple, Mr and Mrs Lyons. She superstitiously tells Mrs Lyons not to put new shoes on the table. Mrs Lyons is desperate for a baby but is unable to have one, and her husband does not want to adopt. Mrs Johnstone finds out that she is going to have twins and explains to Mrs Lyons that she cannot cope financially with two more babies; the "welfare" have been onto her about the ones she's already got. Mrs Lyons then suggests that Mrs Johnstone give one of the babies to her. Mrs Johnstone agrees and is made to swear on the bible to keep to the deal. Mrs Johnstone has the twins, but then regrets having agreed to give one away.
Mrs Johnstone continues to work for Mrs Lyons, but Mrs Lyons soon feels that Mrs Johnstone is paying too much attention to the child that she has given up to her. She fires Mrs Johnstone, who wants to take the baby with her, but Mrs Lyons plays on Mrs Johnstone's superstitions by telling her that "if twins separated at birth learn that they were once one of a pair they will both immediately die". Mrs Johnstone says she does not want to be a murderer and leaves without the child.
Seven years later, Mickey, the son Mrs Johnstone kept, meets Eddie, the other twin, and after learning they share the same birthday, the two boys decide to become blood brothers. They make a pact. Mrs Johnstone finds them and sends Eddie away, telling him not to come round again or else the "Boogey-man" will get him. Later in the day Mickey goes to Eddie's house, and Mrs Lyons throws him out. She and Eddie argue on the subject, and Eddie swears at her with a word that Mickey taught him. Mrs Lyons slaps him and immediately regrets her reaction.
Mickey is playing with some neighbourhood children including his friend Linda. Afterwards, he takes her to see Eddie, and the three of them sneak off to play. Mrs Lyons tries to find Eddie. She becomes worried about Eddie's association with Mickey, as she has started to believe the superstition that she herself had made up. She decides to move house and persuades her husband by pretending to be ill. When Eddie says goodbye, Mrs Johnstone gives him a locket with a picture of herself and Mickey, as the boys separate. The scene shifts as Mrs Johnstone and her family are being re-housed in the countryside and move into their new house.
Act 2
Eddie and Mickey are now 14 years old. Mrs Johnstone and her family's lives improved since moving, and they have not seen Eddie in all this time. Mickey has a crush on Linda, who is obviously interested in him too, but Mickey doesn't know how to act with her. Both of them are suspended after mouthing off to their teacher. Eddie is also suspended from his boarding school for refusing to give up Mrs Johnstone's locket to a teacher, but he will not tell his mother about it. Mrs Lyons sees Mrs Johnstone near her house and her worries are renewed. Eddie and Mickey bump into each other in a field, but don't recognize each other. Each wants to be like the other.
They finally realize who the other is and meet up with Linda. The scene shifts, and they are 18 years old. Eddie has feelings for Linda but won’t say anything as he knows Mickey likes her too. Eddie leaves for university but not before encouraging Mickey to ask Linda out. During Eddie's absence, Mickey is fired from his factory job, which forces him onto the dole. He soon discovers that Linda is pregnant, and they decide to get married. Eddie returns at Christmas ready to party and have fun, but Mickey realises that they are now very different; after a small fight with Eddie, they part. To get money, Mickey assists his brother Sammy in a robbery that goes wrong, and becomes an accessory to murder. He is caught and sentenced to seven years in prison as Mrs Johnstone mourns the events.
In prison, Mickey becomes chronically depressed. When released early for good behaviour, he is still dependent on the anti-depressant drugs, and his relationship with Linda is not going well. She tries to help him, but fails. She contacts Eddie, who is now a councillor, and they have a romantic fling in a park. Mrs Lyons sees them together and tells Mickey about it. Mickey, distraught over Eddie and Linda's affair, grabs a gun before storming down to the council offices to confront Eddie.
There, Eddie is giving a speech when Mickey storms in with the gun. Mickey asks why, even though Eddie has everything and Mickey has nothing, Eddie would take away the one good thing that Mickey had, Linda. Eddie denies this intention, and the police enter, demanding that Mickey put the gun down. Mrs Johnstone runs onto the stage and, in an attempt to stop Mickey from shooting Eddie, tells the two brothers the truth. Mickey despairs that he was not the one given away, because then he could have had the life given to Eddie. He accidentally sets the gun off, shooting and instantly killing Eddie. The police shoot Mickey, even though Mickey attempts to shout that it was an accident. Mrs Lyons' superstitious prediction has come true, but the Narrator comments that class was more to blame than superstition. Everyone is in a state of disbelief over the events.
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