Blood Brothers Plot Summary is a summary of the plot of BLOOD BROTHERS.
The Narrator of the musical Blood Brothers tells the audience about the twins Mickey and Edward, who were separated at birth and died on the same day.The mother of the twins is a lower class woman who was abandoned by her husband after giving birth to five children and was pregnant with another.She remembers dancing with her husband, who made her feel like Marilyn Monroe.Her life is a constant cycle of bills and hungry children.Mrs. Lyons is a wealthy woman who wants a child of her own.
Mrs. Johnstone found out she was carrying twins.She can't afford to feed two more mouths.Mrs. Lyons is the one who pleads to take one of the twins.misfortunes will follow, warns the Narrator.As Mrs. Lyons takes one of her twin boys away, the poorer woman moans about her debts.She tells her children that one of the twins has died when she goes home.
Mrs. Lyons is suspicious ofMrs. Johnstone because she is paying too much attention to the baby.Mrs. Lyons came up with a fatal lie when the cleaning lady tried to take the baby back.She says that if the twins are separated at birth, they will die on the spot.Mrs. Johnstone agreed to keep their secret.The Devil will punish the two women one day, according to the Narrator.
Mickey, the twin who stayed with Mrs. Johnstone, grows up in a rough environment.Edward grew up believing Mrs. Lyons to be his mother and matures in the lap of luxury.The two meet by chance when they are still boys.They agreed to become blood brothers when they found out they shared a birthday.Edward was sent away by Mrs. Johnstone when she realized that the two had met.Mrs. Lyons contemplated abandoning her family in order to escape.
Despite their mothers disapproval, Mickey and Edward continue to see each other, and we witness a series of children's games, many involving guns, as the two boys play with their other friend, Linda.The trio gets up to various stunts, eventually drawing the attention of the police, who threaten Mrs. Johnstone while flattering Mr. Lyons.Mrs. Lyons is moving her family to the country despite Edward not being enthusiastic.Mrs. Johnstone gives Edward a locket with a picture of herself and Mickey on it so that he can always remember them.The boys are lonely without each other, but the first act ends on an optimistic note, because Mrs. Johnstone's family is being relocated to the country, a move that she hopes will remove her children from a life of crime and squalor.
Seven years have passed since Act Two opened, and the boys are fourteen.Both have become interested in girls, but are unsure.Mickey and Linda have romantic feelings for each other, but Mickey's lack of confidence has kept them from a real connection.A moment of violence ruins this relatively calm beginning, as Sammy, a juvenile delinquent, attempts to rob a bus.
At school, Mickey insulted a teacher and Edward refused to take off his locket despite the school's dress code.When Mrs. Lyons sees the contents of the locket, she becomes even more upset.The Narrator warns Mrs. Lyons and us that the devil will come eventually.
Edward longs for what he sees as Mickey's freedom after a failed romantic interaction with Linda.After a moment, the two meet and recognize each other.The two decided to see a porn film together so that Mickey could get some money.Mrs. Johnstone is happy to see her son.Mrs. Lyons emerged after the boys left.She claims that Mrs. Johnstone stole Edward's affection and that her son was never hers.She attacks Mrs. Johnstone with a knife.After disarming, she curses Mrs. Johnstone and calls her a witch.
After meeting up with Linda, the boys decided to spend the summer together.An idyllic sequence follows, in which the trio transitions from fourteen to eighteen, glorying in the joys of youth and summer, even as the Narrator warns that soon, both their joy and their childhood will end.Edward is going to university and Mickey is working in a factory.Mickey asked Linda to be his girlfriend after Edward encouraged him.