Blood Brothers: Mrs Lyons


	Personality	Role
	lonely housewife, cold character who finds it difficult to be affectionate towards others. self-centred character who uses others for her own gain. Over-protective mother, who is always anxious about Edward,	At the start of the play, she is the one who Mrs Johnstone works for. Manipulates Mrs Johnstone's superstitious mind into giving her one of the twins, then dismisses her. When she finds out that Edward has befriended Mickey she moves away to the country because of her 'health.' When she reunites with Mrs Johnstone she bribes her, but Mrs J refuses, then she grabs a knife and threatens her. When Edward has an affair with Linda she is the one to tell Mickey the truth, but she was only doing this to cause trouble.
	Development (Growth & change)
	Once Mrs Johnstone has handed over Edward, she no longer needs her and cruelly discards her, manipulating her through preying on her uneducated and superstitious mind. overcome by anxieties and suspicions in later scenes, results of excessive loneliness and a loveless life. unreasonable and is possibly mad when she attacks Mrs Johnstone.	circumstances certainly haven’t helped: she and her husband are unable to have children naturally and her husband spends long periods at work away from home. Tries to keep Edward away from Mickey because she doesn’t want him ‘mixing with boys like that’. "If either learns that they were once a pair, they shall both immediately die," Mrs Lyons to Mrs Johnstone.

At the start of the play, she is the one who Mrs Johnstone works for.
Manipulates Mrs Johnstone's superstitious mind into giving her one of the twins, then dismisses her.
When she finds out that Edward has befriended Mickey she moves away to the country because of her 'health.'
When she reunites with Mrs Johnstone she bribes her, but Mrs J refuses, then she grabs a knife and threatens her.
When Edward has an affair with Linda she is the one to tell Mickey the truth, but she was only doing this to cause trouble.

Once Mrs Johnstone has handed over Edward, she no longer needs her and cruelly discards her,
manipulating her through preying on her uneducated and superstitious mind.
overcome by anxieties and suspicions in later scenes,
results of excessive loneliness and a loveless life.
unreasonable and is possibly mad when she attacks Mrs Johnstone.

circumstances certainly haven’t helped: she and her husband are unable to have children naturally and her husband spends long periods at work away from home.
Tries to keep Edward away from Mickey because she doesn’t want him ‘mixing with boys like that’.
"If either learns that they were once a pair, they shall both immediately die," Mrs Lyons to Mrs Johnstone.

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