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John Godber is a British playwright, screenwriter, and Creative Director of Theatre Royal Wakefield. He was born on 18 May 1956 in Upton, West Yorkshire, England. He is best known for his plays Bouncers, Teechers, and April in Paris. Godber studied at Bretton Hall College, where he was awarded a BA in Drama and Education in 1979. He then went on to teach drama and English at a secondary school in Wakefield. Godber's first play, Bouncers, was written in 1987 and has since been performed in over 30 countries. His other plays include Teechers, April in Paris, Shakers, Up 'n' Under, and Happy Jack. He has also written for television, including the series All Quiet on the Preston Front. Godber was appointed Creative Director of Theatre Royal Wakefield in 2003. He has also been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield and an honorary fellowship from Bretton Hall College. As of 2021, John Godber's net worth is estimated to be approximately $1 million.

Popular As John Harry Godber
Occupation Playwright, screenwriter, Creative Director of Theatre Royal Wakefield
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 18 May 1956
Birthday 18 May
Birthplace Upton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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2012

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

2004

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.

1993

Before venturing into plays, he was head of drama at Minsthorpe High School, the school that he had attended as a student, and later wrote for the TV series Brookside and Grange Hill. 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 BAFTAs for Odd Squad, 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.

1984

Godber was born in Upton, near Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire. He trained as a teacher of drama at Bretton Hall College, affiliated to the University of Leeds, and became artistic director of Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1984.

1956

John Harry Godber OBE (born 18 May 1956) is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies. In the Plays and Players Yearbook for 1993 he was reckoned to be the third most performed playwright in the UK behind William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. Godber has been creative director of the Theatre Royal Wakefield since 2011.

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