John Godber

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John Godber

Theatre Royal Wakefield
NationalityBritish
SpouseJane Thornton aka Jane Clifford, Jane Godber
John Godber while director of Hull Truck Theatre, 1992

John Harry Godber

Theatre Royal Wakefield
since 2011.

Biography

Godber, born in

Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1984.[2]

Before venturing into plays, he was head of drama at

Brookside and Grange Hill.[3] While he was at Minsthorpe he taught future actors Adrian Hood (Preston Front, Up 'n' Under film) and Chris Walker (Doctors, Coronation Street). A 1993 survey for Plays and Players magazine cited Godber as the third most performed playwright in the UK, after Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. In 2005 he won two British Academy Children's Awards for Oddsquad,[4] written and directed on location in Hull
and screened by BBC children's television. His plays are performed across the world, Bouncers (1977) being the most popular.

In 2004 he became a visiting professor of Popular Theatre at

Theatre Royal Wakefield
and set up the John Godber Company as its resident company.

Godber's earlier style utilises an interest in

German Expressionism, an economic and physical style inspired by this and the inspiration of Bretton Hall Head of School (Drama) John Hodgson. His later and more naturalistic style reflects his growth as a member of the middle classes and an Ayckbournesque world of drama. He says that the "new Godber" is perhaps a writer like Tim Firth
.

Godber is married to the writer and actress Jane Thornton, also known as Jane Clifford and Jane Godber.

The theatre facility at New College, Pontefract, a college near his birthplace, is named the John Godber Theatre. It opened in 2012.

Bibliography

  • A Clockwork Orange
     (1976, adaptation)
  • Bouncers (1977)
  • Toys of Age (1979)
  • Cramp (1982)
  • Cry Wolf (1981) first professional production
  • Guyonal Priority Area (1982)
  • Happy Jack (1982)
  • September in the Rain (1983)
  • Young Hearts Run Free (1983)
  • Bouncers (for Yorkshire actors) (1983)
  • Up 'n' Under (1984)
  • A Christmas Carol (1984) adaptation
  • Shakers (1985) co-written with Jane Thornton
  • Up 'n' Under II (1985)
  • Blood, Sweat and Tears (1986)
  • Cramp – the Musical (1986)
  • Teechers (1987)
  • Oliver Twist (1987) adaptation
  • Salt of the Earth (1988)
  • On the Piste (1990)
  • Everyday Heroes (1990)
  • Shakers Re-stirred (1991)
  • Bouncers – 1990s Remix (1991)
  • Happy Families (1991)
  • April in Paris (1992)
  • The Office Party (1992)
  • Passion Killers (1994)
  • Dracula
     (1995) adaptation
  • Lucky Sods (1995)
  • Shakers the Musical (1996)
  • Gym and Tonic (1996)
  • Weekend Breaks (1997)
  • It Started with a Kiss (1997)
  • Hooray for Hollywood (1998)
  • The Weed (1998)
  • Perfect Pitch (1998)
  • Ella Chapman (1998)
  • Thick as a Brick (1999)
  • Big Trouble in the Little Bedroom (1999)
  • Seasons in the Sun (2000)
  • On a Night Like This (2000)
  • Our House (2001)
  • Departures (2001)
  • Moby Dick
     (2002) adaptation
  • Young Hearts (2002)
  • Men of the World (2002)
  • Reunion (2002)
  • Going Dutch (2005)
  • Unleashed (2006)
  • The Crown Prince (2007)
  • Next Best Thing (2007)
  • Sold (2007)
  • Our House (2008)
  • Funny Turns (2009)
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
     (2010) adaptation
  • The Debt Collectors (2011)
  • The Sculptor's Surprise (2011) schools tour, co-written with Jane Thornton
  • Lost and Found (2012) co-written with Jane Thornton
  • Losing The Plot (2013)
  • Muddy Cows (2013)
  • A Kind of Loving (2013) adaptation
  • Shafted (2015)
  • Scary Bikers (2018)
  • This is Not Right (2019)[5]
  • Sunny Side Up (2021)
  • Living on Fresh Air (2023)
  • Do I Love You (2023)
  • The Highwayman (2024)

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "John Godber comes home". Pontefract & Castleford Express. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "John Godber – Real life dramas". Where I Live Humber – People and Places. BBC. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ISSN 0963-1496
    .
  4. ^ "Children's in 2005". BAFTA. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ "John Godber to Premiere New Play at Wilton's Music Hall". londonboxoffice.co.uk. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ "John Godber Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.

External links

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