First view of the play

Epsom downs
Epsom downs is a play written by Howard Brenton in 1977. The play follows the Derby day in 1977 at Epsom downs at which Lester Piggott won the Derby. The story does not have a main character nor does it follow a certain story, instead there are multiple role of race-goers, horse trainers, jockey, bookie, gypsies and more. There are a few recurring characters such as the cockney family, Charles Pearce a horse trainer, Lord rack an ex politician, blue an officer of the law, primrose a gypsy traveller and jocks a stable boy. However the rest of the characters only appear in a single scene.

I think that this play is very suitable for our class as there are multiple role so everyone has an equal amount of stage time as everyone else. Also each of these characters are completely different from each other so it means us as actors can have the opportunity to express many different abilities to our acting styles whether that be through a sent of emotions. I also really like this play as it gives a very accurate representation of British 70's society for all age, social class and cultures. I think I will defiantly learn a lot of history in this project which I always find very enjoyable.  I feel that this play will also be well received by a modern audience as the social classes haven't changed that much since 1977 and some of our audience may have lived through this time period so it will be interesting to see their reactions to the play now.