Catalogue of Plays

John Godber Bibliography

John has written over 70 plays, for a variety of casts and theatres. If you are interested in performing one of John’s plays, please contact us and we can help to connect you to the right people. 

If you are studying a play which is not featured on our Students page, please get in touch and we will try our best to help. 

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  • A Clockwork Orange (1976, adaptation)

  • Bouncers (1977)

  • Toys of Age (1979)

  • Cramp (1982)

  • Cry Wolf (1981)

  • Guyonal Priority Area (1982)

  • Happy Jack (1982)

  • September in the Rain (1983)

  • Young Hearts Run Free (1983)

  • Bouncers (1983)

  • Up 'n' Under (1984)

  • A Christmas Carol (1984)

  • Shakers (1985) co-written with Jane Thornton

  • Up 'n' Under II (1985)

  • Blood, Sweat and Tears (1986)

  • Cramp – the Musical (1986)

  • Teechers (1987)

  • Oliver Twist (1987) adaptation

  • Salt of the Earth (1988)

  • On the Piste (1990)

  • Everyday Heroes (1990)

  • Shakers Re-stirred (1991)

  • Bouncers – 1990s Remix (1991)

  • Happy Families (1991)

  • April in Paris (1992)

  • The Office Party (1992)

  • Passion Killers (1994)

  • Dracula (1995) adaptation

  • Lucky Sods (1995)

  • Shakers the Musical (1996)

  • Gym and Tonic (1996)

  • Weekend Breaks (1997)

  • It Started with a Kiss (1997)

  • Hooray for Hollywood (1998)

  • The Weed (1998)

  • Perfect Pitch (1998)

  • Ella Chapman (1998)

  • Thick as a Brick (1999)

  • Big Trouble in the Little Bedroom (1999)

  • Seasons in the Sun (2000)

  • On a Night Like This (2000)

  • Our House (2001)

  • Departures (2001)

  • Moby Dick (2002) adaptation

  • Young Hearts (2002)

  • Men of the World (2002)

  • Reunion (2002)

  • Going Dutch (2005)

  • Unleashed (2006)

  • The Crown Prince (2007)

  • Next Best Thing (2007)

  • Sold (2007)

  • Our House (2008)

  • Funny Turns (2009)

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2010) adaptation

  • The Debt Collectors (2011)

  • The Sculptor's Surprise (2011) schools tour, co-written with Jane Thornton

  • Lost and Found (2012) co-written with Jane Thornton

  • Losing The Plot (2013)

  • Muddy Cows (2013)

  • A Kind of Loving (2013) adaptation

  • Shafted (2015)

  • Scary Bikers (2018)

  • This is Not Right (2019)

  • Sunny Side Up (2020)

Jane Thornton Bibliography

Jane has written a variety of plays, both for adults and for young people. If you are interested in performing one of Jane’s plays, please contact us and we can help to connect you to the right people.

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Plays

  • Simple Game:  Nominated Sunday Times Playwriting Award.

  • Simple Game : Nominated Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

  • Handle with Care

  • Catwalk

  • I Want that Hair

  • All the Fun of the Fight

  • Wuthering heights (adaptation)

  • Say it with Flowers

  • Lost

  • Ocho

  • Shakers (with John Godber)

  • Shakers the musical with John Godber)

  • Dracula  (adaptation with John Godber)

  • Sold. (with John Godber)

    Plays for Schools

  • The Shopkeeper’s Story 

  • The Trumpeter’s Tale

  • The Photographer’s portrait

  • The Sculptor’s Surprise

  • Tooth Camp

  • Don’t Just Sit There

  • Mollie of the Midfield.

  • Dracula school’s version.


    Television

  • Oddsquad ( Double Bafta Winner) BBC

  • Chalkface BBC

  • Blooming Marvellous BBC

  • Shakers  BBC (nominated for Writers Guild Award)

    Radio

  • 2 Seasons of “Spread a Little Happiness” radio 4

  • The Gift  -Radio 4

  • Dreaming in English - Radio 4

  • Bully - (adaptation) Radio 4