By John Godber
Teechers: "In a category of its personal ... Godber takes a hard-hitting examine lifestyles in a contemporary accomplished the place category conflicts, instructor tantrums and cavorting chaos runs revolt in the course of the corridors" The Express
Happy Jack: "Godber manages with an affectionate and unerringly actual ear for the tongues of the pit village to show those right into a Chaucerian form of get together of existence. on the finish of the road the play is a tragic, bruised yet richly comedian love tale" Guardian
September within the Rain: "The paintings of a surely proficient playwright" night Standard
Salt of the Earth: "John Godber has a unique present for shooting the lives and internal turmoil of the operating classification ... within the such a lot refined and incisive methods, he indicates how the mix of innate character and a altering society determines person future" Chicago Times
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