Good Fun

[1] Wood, keen to trade on her previous stage success Talent, was commissioned to write another play by impresario Michael Codron.

[4] It starred Annabel Leventon as Liz, Charles McKeown as Frank, Gregory Floy as Mike, Victoria Wood as Lynne, Joe Figg as Kev, Julie Walters as Betty, Noreen Kershaw as Gail and Christopher Hancock as Maurice.

Though she did write two more plays "which to save bothering Michael Codron, I called 'very enjoyable' and put straight in the bin.

James Fenton of The Sunday Times said "pigeon holers will find a space for (Wood) beside Joe Orton and Ken Dodd...But her voice is characteristically and aggressively female.

Just like Talent... Good Funs rude words, hilarious gags and the insights which are more varied than either are all in the mouths of the women at its centre.