A play by one of Britain's best-selling writers "Set in the year 2001 where the class system is numbered from one to five and only the upperclasses are allowed to breed, Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes is about the births of a perfect but illegal 'class five' baby, and an imperfect 'government' baby bought by a 'class three' mother and exterminated at birth because of her nine toes...compulsive viewing...insanity is served up as commen sense - to sinister effect." Kate Kellaway, Observer Sue Townend (1946-2014) was a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Her plays include Womberang (Soho Poly, Lodnon, 1979); Dayroom (Croydon Warehouse Theatre, 1981); The Ghosts of Daniel Lambert (Liecester Phoenix, 1981); Bazaar & Rummage (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1982, BBC Television, 1983); Groping for Words (Cryodon Warehouse, 1983); The Great Celestial Cow (The Joint Stock COmpany, 1984); The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 - The Play (Leicester Phoenix, 1984); Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes (Library Theatre, Manchester, 1989) and The Queen and I - The Play (Royal Court, London, 1994). Her other published work includes the diaries of Adrian Mole. In addition she has written novels including Rebuilding Coventry (1988), The Queen and I (1992) and Ghost Children (2002).