A few different versions of the Blood Brothers cover.

Awards

Blood brothers has won 2 Laurence Olivier awards for best new musical and best actress in a musical (Barbara Dickson)

It has also won another Laurence Olivier award in 1988 for best actor in a musical (Con O'Neill), along with a drama desk award in 1993 for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Mark Michael Hutchinson)

Mickey and Eddie becoming 'blood brothers' 

Character analysis: Mrs.Lyons

Similar to Mickey and Eddie (for obvious reasons), Mrs.Lyons and Mrs.Johnstone contrast well. As she was unable to conceive a child, Mrs.Lyons sought the help of Mrs.Johnstone. Mrs.Johnstone was not particularly wealthy and was having more children than she was able to care for. As 2 twins were arriving, she decided to give one away to Mrs.Lyons out of pity. Much later in the play, Mrs.Lyons is discussing moving house, to move away from Mrs.Johnstone and her son Mickey, as she did not want her son, Eddie to find out that he was twins with Mickey. Later, the Johnstones move too, and Mickey and Eddie re-unite. Mrs.Lyons is portrayed as cold, self-centered and over-protective. After Mrs.Johnstone hands over Eddie as a baby, Mrs.Lyons discards her, finding no use in her afterwards.She mainly shows affection for Eddie, as he had filled the void in her previously empty life. She also did not want him interacting with Mickey, so she rarely allowed him out of their house. If Mrs.Lyons was able to have a child earlier, her previously mentioned attributes would most likely be different.

Character analysis: Mickey Johnstone

Mickey Johnstone was twins with Eddie Lyons, but they were separated at birth. Mickey grew up in a working-class background and was the youngest out of all of his many siblings. His older brother, Sammy  was usually a bad influence on him and affected Mickey in many cases. His wanting to like Sammy caused him to ruin his life later on in the play, after robbing a petrol station and murdering someone. At the end of the play, Mickey is informed that Eddie is his twin and letting rage and jealousy overcome him, Mickey murders him. Throughout the play, Mickey is displayed as a less refined person with a Liverpool accent. He contrasts well with Eddie, who speaks and acts in an upper/middle-class manner.

Final Scene

The final scene in the book, where Mickey shoots Eddie. This occurs straight after Mrs.Johnstone reveals to the pair that they are twins. Feeling outraged that Mrs.Johnstone didn't give Mickey a more luxury life with Mrs.Lyons, he shot Eddie by accident after gesturing towards him with the gun and was shot by law enforcement shortly after having his actions misinterpreted.

Intro

Blood brothers was written in 1982 as a school play that was then performed professionally until 2012 as a tour. It's arguably the best musical written by Willy Russell