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John Harry Godber OBE (born 18 May 1956) is known mainly for observational comedies. The Plays and Players Yearbook of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has been creative director of the Theatre Royal Wakefield since 2011.

John Godber

OBE
BornJohn Harry Godber
(1956-05-18) 18 May 1956 (age 66)
Upton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter, Creative Director of Theatre Royal Wakefield
NationalityBritish
SpouseJane Thornton aka Jane Clifford, Jane Godber
John Gobder while director of Hull Truck Theatre, 1992
John Gobder while director of Hull Truck Theatre, 1992

Biography


Godber, born in Upton, West Riding of Yorkshire,[1] trained as a teacher of drama at Bretton Hall College,[1] which is affiliated to the University of Leeds, and became artistic director of Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1984.[2]

Before venturing into plays, he was head of drama at Minsthorpe High School, the school he had attended as a student, and then wrote for the TV series 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 Liverpool Hope University. He has also been professor of drama at Hull University. In 2011 John Godber became creative director 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.

Godber's name has been given to the John Godber Centre in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. The theatre facility at New College, Pontefract, a college near his birthplace, is also named the John Godber Theatre. It opened in 2012.


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References


  1. "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. Mitchinson, James, ed. (1 August 2018). "John Godber". The Yorkshire Post. Inspiring Yorkshire. p. 24. 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.




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