Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Alongside further stage works, One for the Road (1976) and Stags and Hens (1978), Russell was a screenwriter with television films, Death of A Young Young Man (1975, BBC1), Daughters of Albion (1979), Our Day Out (1977) and the five-part serial One Summer (1983).

  2. About Willy Russell. Willy Russell’s career spans more than five decades; born in Liverpool in 1947, he left school at 15, became a women’s hairdresser and a part-time singer/songwriter performing on the local folk scene, before returning to education and becoming a teacher. Kirkby Town Three - L-R Derek Edwards, Willy Russell, Dave Bell ...

  3. Willy Russell is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers and Our Day Out. The Wrong Boy, Willy Russell's first novel, was published in 2000 and in 2003 his debut solo album Hoovering The Moon was released.

  4. Blood Brothers. (musical) Blood Brothers is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell and produced by Bill Kenwright. The story is a contemporary nature versus nurture plot, revolving around fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie, who were separated at birth, one subsequently being raised in a wealthy family, the other in a poor family.

  5. Willy Russell was born in Liverpool in 1947. He became a hairdresser on leaving school, then undertook a variety of jobs, also writing songs which were performed in local folk clubs. He also wrote songs and sketches for local radio programmes. At 20 years of age, he returned to college and became a teacher in Toxteth, after which he began to ...

  6. The ‘Blood Brothers’ Interview. In this revealing interview with Elaine Peake, the creative mind behind ‘Blood Brothers’, Willy Russell, takes us through the journey of how the iconic musical came to be. From its roots in the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool to its global recognition, Russell shares the influences, challenges, and the ...

  1. People also search for