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John Harry Godber (born 18 May 1956) is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the Plays and Players Yearbook for 1993 he was calculated as the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. Godber has been Creative Director of Theatre Royal Wakefield since 2011. He has a wife and 2 children.

Bibliography

  • A Clockwork Orange (1976, adaptation)
  • Bouncers (1977)
  • Toys of Age (1979)
  • Cramp (1981)
  • Cry Wolf (1981) First professional production.
  • Guyonal Priority Area) (1982)
  • Happy Jack (1982)
  • Young Hearts Run Free (1983)
  • Bouncers (for Yorkshire actors) (1983)
  • September in the Rain (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)
  • Unleashed (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)
  • Next Best Thing (2007)
  • Sold (2007)
  • Our House (2008)
  • Funny Turns (2009)
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2010, adaptation)
  • The Debt Collectors (2011)
  • Lost and Found (2012) (co-written with Jane Thornton)
  • Losing The Plot (2013)
  • A Kind of Loving (2013, adaptation)

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