John Godber

The Plays and Players Yearbook of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn.

[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 1984.

[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.

His later and more naturalistic style reflects his growth as a member of the middle classes and an Ayckbournesque world of drama.