Passion killers john godber biography

Popular English playwright, born

John Harry GodberOBE (born 18 May ) is an English playwright, known mainly for observational comedies. The Plays and Players Yearbook of 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

Early life and education

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

Career

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, Corona Thunder road!