Teechers play script john godber biography
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Teechers By John Godber
The three very talented cast members seem to switch effortlessly between roles by simply putting on jackets or hats. The characters they play are recognisable to many in the teaching profession and also to many with memories of their own schools. It is almost too realistic to be funny. Having said that, it is a very amusing play, with a serious message at its heart.
The main story is that of a new extremely able drama teacher, Geoff Nixon, who is able to enthuse his classes at a tough comprehensive known as Colditz at the local County Hall. Other characters include the strict Mr Basford, whose policy is to “hit them low and hard”, the nervous weak teacher whose main threat is to call in Mr Basford, and the usual selection of kids such as the school bully and the schoolgirl who wants to seduce the teacher.
I particularly liked some of the jokes about staffroom politics and the difficulty of new staff members in fin
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“I don’t suppose that it will come as any surprise that my play TEECHERS is based on my personal experience as a drama teacher at Minsthorpe High School, West Yorkshire, between 1979-83. I had written about the education system in 1981 with a play called E.P. A. (Educational Priority Area), but I think that I was too close to the subject matter for it to be in anyway objective. It was only with the distance of time that I was able to assess my years as a drama teacher and wor4k out what I wanted to say about the Comprehensive education system.
When I became Artistic Director of Hull Truck in 1984, the onus fell on me to supply plays for the company to perform and after the success of UP N UNDER, I felt the palpable pressure to produce new comedies which would be cost effective and attractive to theatre audience here in Hull. We needed to focus on a popular shared experience to attract people to come to the theatre and school life was obviously something that everyone had in common. Hull Truck was very poorly funded back then, so much so, that I agreed to write TEECHERS for £100. The planted premiered at the Edinburgh Festival where it sold out, so it was quite a good investment for the company.
In TEECHERS I decided that I would return to a style of theatre which
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Teechers
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