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Lucky Sods And Passion Killers
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1995
219 kr
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"Godber is one of the best contemporary British playwrights"(Financial Times) Lucky Sods is a candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on a Friday night and GBP4 million on Saturday. And now they just can't stop winning.Passionkillers is a beach play about Andy and Tom who find …
Godber Plays: 1
Bouncers; Happy Families; Shakers
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2001
364 kr
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"John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league table, nestled in behind Shakespeare and Ayckbourn" - Guardian Bouncers, a play about nightlife: "A show that's worth braving any front of house, however …
Godber Plays: 2
Teechers; Happy Jack; September in the Rain; Salt of the Earth
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2001
384 kr
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"John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league table, nestled in behind Shakespeare and Ayckbourn" - GuardianTeechers: "In a class of its own ...Godber takes a hard-hitting look at life in a modern …
Godber Plays: 3
April in Paris; up 'n' under; Perfect Pitch
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2003
384 kr
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A third collection of plays by one of Britain's most popular and widely performed playwrights UP'N'UNDER (winner of the Laurence Olivier Comedy of the Year Award 1984): Five unfit lads strive for sporting glory against the local pub-rugby champions, Men Behaving Badly meets The Full Monty. PERFECT …
Teechers Leavers 22
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2023
214 kr
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It's the end of year 2022, and Salty, Gail and Hobby are about to present a play which they have been working on for their B.Tech performance exam. It's the first time they have performed live; their other exams were held on Zoom. What follows is a funny, fast-moving, caustic and hard-hitting …
Teechers
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1989
214 kr
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Fast-moving and highly entertaining, Teechers evokes life at a modern school. Using the format of an end-of-term play, the new drama teacher's progress through two terms of recalcitrant classes, synical colleagues and obstructive caretakers is reviewed. Disillutioned, he departs for a safer private …
Salt of the Earth
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1990
223 kr
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Spanning three generations, from 1947 to the present, this compelling saga vividly captures the dreams, ambitions, joys, fears, heartaches and disappointmen's of the Parker sisters, Annie and May, whose hopes centre on May's son, Paul, and his academic success.3 women, 3 men, 5 women or men
April in Paris
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1993
307 kr
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Bet and Al lead a quiet, humdrum life in their small Yorkshire home until Bet wins a 'Romantic Breaks' competition in a magazine. The prize, a holiday in Paris, represen's their first experience abroad and has profound effects on the way they look at the world around them once they return home.-1 …
Blood Sweat and Tears
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1995
223 kr
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Louise Underwood's life revolves around "Pippins", the hamburger restaurant where she works, and "Peppermints" night club, where she spends most of her spare time. Then she discovers Judo. This play charts Louise's progress to Black Belt. Her personal journey involves numerous sacrifices, crises of …
Happy Families
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1992
223 kr
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Full of warmth, understanding and humour, this is an affectionate and appealing portrait of an ordinary family struggling with change, bereavement and the generation gap. On his graduation day in 1978, John looks back over his teenage years, from 1967-1973, recalling all the embarrassments, …
Gym and Tonic
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2000
223 kr
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Don and Shirley Weston have come to the Scardale Hall Health Hydro to relax, pamper themselves and just possibly rescue their ailing marriage. Don's experiences with exercise and therapy are far from positive and the rifts in the marriage widen as his mid-life crisis becomes more and more evident, …
Lucky Sods
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1996
223 kr
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When Morris and Jean win the National Lottery their lives are irredemably changed - the question is, for better or worse? The cracks in their marriage widen, Jean keeps on winning and Morris takes off to Amsterdam with an old flame, but will his prophesy that bad luck always follows good turn out …
It Started with a Kiss
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2001
223 kr
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In the late Seventies, five students on a drama teaching course at a northern college discover sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Stan, a mature student, and Rich, the local boy-made-good, share a room, as do the girls - upper-crust Charlotte, feisty Helen and religious Tina. Babs, their tutor, does her …
Passion Killers
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1996
223 kr
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Mixing comedy with melancholy reflections on mariage, age, class, and friendship, this play becomes a study of the English away from home. Journalist Tom, despite having misgivings about leaving his wife Gail, has joined his freind Andy on a golfing holiday in Spain. Andy, who is married to Gail's …
Up 'n' Under
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1991
223 kr
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Set 'somewhere in the north of England' it centres on the amateur rugby team from the Wheatsheaf Arms who can only muster a side of four whose pride lies in their unbroken record of defeat.-1 woman, 6 men
Unleashed
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2002
223 kr
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Dennis is a hen-pecked IT manager stuck in a boring marriage until a business trip to Amsterdam opens his eyes to a world in which every sexual adventure is available. He has the time of his life and more business trips are in store. The ten roles are cleverly doubled and this comedy of sexual …
Weekend Breaks
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1998
223 kr
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John Godber's striking, easily staged play explores the complex relationship between a thirty-three year old theatre studies teacher and his elderly parents. Martin Dawson has invited his parents, Joan and Len, to visit him in the Lake District. This 'enjoyable' weekend break evolves into an …
Perfect Pitch
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2002
223 kr
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Ron, a prematurely retired headteacher, and his wife, Yvonne, a would-be marathoner, are on their first caravan holiday. Pitched on a cliff in Yorkshire, the slightly dull, slightly snobby couple grapple with this strange holiday. That evening an elderly caravan appears next to theirs and sounds of …
Departures
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2004
223 kr
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The departure lounges of ten airports across Europe and America provide a backdrop of delays, dangers and frustration as two business executives, Jim and Steve, embark on a journey of self-discovery. While the easy-going Steve spends time on the mobile running a number of love interests with the …
Men of the World
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2004
223 kr
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Preparing for a mystery trip to Scarborough ("she wouldn't book till Dennis told her where we were going") three Northern coach drivers pass the time remembering more exciting trips from the past, such as the last one, down the Rhine Valley to Heidelberg. Stick hates his passengers and wishes he …
Thick as a Brick
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2006
223 kr
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Relief drama teacher, Mary faces an uphill struggle when she tries to interest sixteen-year-olds Stacey, Kelly and Maggie in dance. She isn't helped by the science-obsessed headmaster, nor by the girl's patent lack of commitment, nor by the lack of funds and resources, but she ploughs doggedly on. …
Going Dutch
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2008
223 kr
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Mark and Sally are travelling to Amsterdam to celebrate Mark's fiftieth birthday at a Bruce Springsteen concert. Mark is not the success he wants to be, Sally feels neglected and lonely - and the journey across the Channel makes their unhappiness worse. For one thing, their old friend Gill is …
Up 'n' Under II
Av John Godber
Häftad, 1994
223 kr
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In Amateur Rugby League, everything is personal. The truth of this sentiment is proved time and again in Up 'n' Under II, the hilarious sequel to John Godber's hit comedy about the mixed bag of players making up the Wheatsheaf Arms team. Will the lost honour of the Wheatsheaf Arms be retrieved in …
Shafted!
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2019
223 kr
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SHAFTED moves forwards and backwards over time, starting after the miners strike in 1984. Act One demonstrates the depression and hopelessness which engulfed a West Yorkshire mining village post the strike and the plethora of menial jobs which HARRY found in order to try to make a living. By the …
Godber Plays: 4
Our House; Crown Prince; Sold; Christmas Crackers
Av John Godber
Häftad, 2009
384 kr
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Godber Plays: 4 brings together four recent plays by one of Britain's most prolific, popular playwrights. The author is the artistic director of Hull Truck Theatre and the publication is timed to coincide with the opening of Hull Truck's new theatre building in the heart of Hull. In Our House May, …
