Lucky Sods And Passion Killers (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Godber, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413701700 ISBN 13: 9780413701701

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2007

Synopsis

"Godber is one of the best contemporary British playwrights"(Financial Times)

Lucky Sods is a candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on a Friday night and £4 million on Saturday. And now they just can't stop winning.Passionkillers is a beach play about Andy and Tom who find themselves amid the sun, sea, sex and sangria of the Mediterranean and tempted by the advances of Trish and Karen. Will they remember their commitments back home or outsmart the advances of their young rivals Scott and Ray?

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From the Back Cover:

Lucky Sods: Jean bought the lottery ticket. Morris picked the numbers. They sat, they watched, they won. It happened to them. Lucky Sods. But is it a dream come true? Premiered by Hull Truck in 1995, this is a satirical and candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on Friday and 4 million pounds on Saturday. And now they just can't stop winning. Passion Killers: Amid the sun, sea, sex and sangria of the Mediterranean, Andy and Tom find themselves torn between sexual promise and commitments back home. Will they succumb to the advances of Trish and Karen, or do their lusty young rivals, Scott and Ray, get there first?

About the Author:

John Godber (b. 1956) is a British playwright and director known for his boisterous comedies; his work with the Hull Truck Theatre over 25 years has lead to his being dubbed "the true mouth of the Humber". Born in Yorkshire, the son and grandson of miners, Godber trained as a teacher, and became head of drama at his old secondary school in Minsthorpe. Students at Minsthorpe were thus the first to present many of Godber's early plays, which won a series of awards at the National Student Drama Festival. In 1984 Godber became artistic director of the Hull Truck Theatre, a position he continued to hold until 2010. Faced with financial crisis, Godber made an attempt to woo local audiences with his first play for Hull, the comedy Up 'n' Under (1984). This runaway success was followed by a long string of hits, including Teechers (1987), On the Piste (1990), The Office Party (1992), Gym and Tonic (1996), and Perfect Pitch (1998), about a group of caravanning enthusiasts. In the mid-1990s, a government arts documentary reported that Godber had become the third most performed playwright in Britain, after Shakespeare and Ayckbourn. His most popular work by far has proved to be Bouncers, a comedy about four doormen at a down-market nightclub that he first wrote in 1977 but subsequently reworked for performance in the 1980s and 1990s. More recent plays, such as On a Night Like This (2000) and Sold (2007), which deals with the issue of people-trafficking, have been judged bleaker and less ebullient than earlier work. Godber has also directed and adapted plays by other authors, as well as writing widely for theatre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0413701700
• ISBN 13: 9780413701701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221