I have been reading the play of five finger exercise by Peter Shaffer. By reading it, it has made me have a more clear image in my head about how to do my monologue and it makes more sense.
So I have found that the play is about a family who used to live in London but now live in the countryside, Pamela is fourteen and is being taught by her new tutor who is now living in their house called Walter who is a German man. He is teaching her to play the piano and is teaching her French. Louise; the mother, is from a French background and her husband Stanley seems to be very moody. Clive; their son is currently at University at Cambridge. I feel like because the play relates to the piano a lot, that is why it is called 'five finger exercise'.
Clive does not seem to be keen on Walter, and if he is he has a weird way of showing it. There is one night when Clive gets so drunk and calls Walter an immigrant and starts opening up about the relationships in the house. Later on Clive and his father Stanley have an argument and Clive is still very drunk. Clive saw Walter and Louise hugging earlier but told his father they were more intimate then that which I think later on Stanley will believe that. The family does not seem to have a great relationship.
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