The Class System

The class system idea within this play i feel is very interesting. How many people are categorised into sections and there is a divide between people. I am focusing on what i feel the people in each class will look like and what conditions in which they will live. This will then help my character to understand each person within the play and have opinions on how he will act around them. I have looked at many pictures on how i feel that each class would look.

This is what i felt that class 5 would look like. I looked at people in the current society that we live in and felt that many homeless people held a more  appropriate look for the people in a class five status. I felt that this would create a clear visible divide in each class and you can easily tell what person belongs to what class. Within the Play, the characters of Pete and Dot are this class and i feel that they are the forgotten members of society and would contrast nicely with the upper class members.



Looking on the other end of the scale i felt that it would be visibly interesting to create a clear contrast between the upper and lower classes. Many upper classes would have plenty of wealth and would physically look like they had a lot of money. On the other end of the scale you would have a person in rags to almost create an over the top contrast between the classes.

The Play

The Play

Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes is a Play by Sue Townsend. It is set in the year 2001 where each person is classed from 1 to 5. 1 being the highest and 5 being the lowest class. The plot of this play is based on two couples (Pete and Dot and Ralph and Lucinda) in different classes who give birth. There is the birth of a Perfect Class 5 Baby and an imperfect baby in class 3 born with only 9 toes.

When first looking at the script of this play i was rather excited for taking to the task of rehearsing and performing this play. I was interested in the story of the play and the whole idea of people being put into various classes. When the play was written it was how Townsend viewed what the future will hold, with many people having typical images of 'Flying cars' and other advanced technology. It was interesting to see Townsend's ideas and a different take on what the future will hold in 2001 at the time the play was written. Looking into this idea with various research on the internet would be an interesting task considering there isn't many information on the Play itself and the plot.