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Godber Plays: 2: Teechers, Happy Jack, September in the Rain, and Salt of the Earth (Methuen Contemporary Dramatists) (v. 2)
Godber Plays 2 Teechers Happy Jack September in the Rain and Salt of the Earth - Methuen Contemporary Dramatists - v. 2 Author:John Godber Teechers: "In a class of its own ... Godber takes a hard-hitting look at life in a modern comprehensive where class conflicts, teacher tantrums, and cavorting chaos run riot through the corridors."?ExpressHappy Jack: "Godber manages with an affectionate and unerringly accurate ear for the tongues of the pit village to turn... more » these two into a Chaucerian kind of celebration of life. At the end of the line the play is a sad, bruised, but richly comic love story."?GuardianSeptember in the Rain: "The work of a genuinely talented playwright."?Evening StandardSalt of the Earth: "John Godber has a special gift for capturing the lives and inner turmoil of the working class ... In the most subtle and incisive ways, he suggests how the combination of innate personality and a changing society determines individual destiny."?Chicago Times "John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league table, nestled in behind Shakespeare and Ayckbourn."?Guardian« less