Blood Brothers: Mrs Johnstone Character and Performance Worksheet

A two page GCSE Drama resource designed to help students develop a detailed understanding of Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers and translate that understanding into clear performance choices.

The first page supports students in exploring Mrs Johnstone’s background, motherhood, sacrifice, resilience and development across the play. It also encourages them to consider her relationships with other characters, identify key character traits and think carefully about how they want an audience to respond to her in Acts 1 and 2.

The second page moves from character knowledge into practical performance analysis. Students select key moments and quotations, identify their intended impact on the audience and explore how specific performance skills could be used to achieve that artistic intention.

This resource helps students make clear links between:

• Character interpretation
• Key quotations and moments
• Artistic intention
• Audience response
• Vocal and physical performance skills
• Character development across the play

Ideal for:

• AQA GCSE Drama Component 1 revision
• Performer question preparation
• Character focused lessons
• Independent revision
• Homework
• Building notes before longer written responses
• Supporting students who struggle to move from describing a character to explaining how they would perform the role

Although designed primarily for AQA GCSE Drama, it could also be adapted for other specifications studying Blood Brothers as a set text.

Suitable for: GCSE Drama, particularly AQA GCSE Drama (8261).