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Up 'n' Under

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  1w, 6m

John Godber

Dedicated to the Rugby League fans of Hull and created for the Hull Truck Theatre Company, this comedy premiered at the 1984 Edinburgh Festival, where it won a Fringe First award and subsequently the 1984 Laurence Olivier Award for Comedy of the Year.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 6m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary

Dedicated to the Rugby League fans of Hull and created for the Hull Truck Theatre Company, this comedy premiered at the 1984 Edinburgh Festival, where it won a Fringe First award and subsequently the 1984 Laurence Olivier Award for Comedy of the Year after a successful run in London. Set “somewhere in the north of England”, it centres on the amateur rugby team from the Wheatsheaf Arms who can only muster a side of four whose pride lies in their unbroken record of defeat.

Keywords
ARTHUR HOYLE – Ex-player, owns a painting and decorating business
PHIL HOPLEY – English teacher, an ex-Loughborough player
FRANK ROWLEY – Local butcher
TONY BURTOFT – Apprentice miner (striking)
STEVE EDWARDS – Garage mechanic
REG WELSH – Gambler and manager of the Cobblers Arms
HAZEL SCOTT – Athlete and club owner
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    A bare stage.

  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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John Godber

John Godber
John Godber was born in 1956 in Upton, West Yorkshire, the son and grandson of miners. He trained as a teacher of drama at Bretton Hall College. Prior to his appointment as Artistic Director of Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1984, he was Head of Drama at Minsthorpe High School ...
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