Godber Plays: 1: Bouncers; Happy Families; Shakers (Contemporary Dramatists)

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It tells of the stresses and strains of growing up with his family. It tells of how he grows up through his teenage years and through to when he gets his degree. It is a memory play and the narrative jumps back and forth from when John was about 9 until when he graduates with a degree as a drama teacher.

John Godber has described it as "humour with a touch of sadness". It takes its name from the card game of the same name - Happy Families. Godber may refer to: Up and under may refer to: Teechers is a play by John Godber, written in and was published in It is a play within a play in which three students put on a performance to their teachers. Everything in the play is reduced to the bare essentials, with very little set and the three actors playing twenty other parts.

However, Godber has said that it could also be performed with twenty different actors. Godber also specified the use of contemporary chart music to keep the play current. In a revival of the play was again performed at Hull Truck Theatre, before touring at other venues.

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The play was updated with modern references and modern music. It was recently performed at Settle College, an esteemed school similar to that outlined in the play. Happy Jack may refer to: It opened as a teacher training college in with awards from the university of Leeds. The college merged with the University of Leeds in and the campus closed in History In Bretton Hall College, a teacher training college founded by Alec Clegg specialising in innovative courses in design, music and the visual and performance arts, opened in the historic Bretton Hall in West Bretton, Yorkshire.

It became an affiliated college of the University of Leeds, which validated its degrees. Most of the music, fine art and teacher training courses were moved to the Leeds campus, but visual and performing arts education and creative writing remaine Wendi Louise Peters born 29 February , is an English character actress. In , Peters was a finalist on Celebrity Masterchef with John Torode commenting on her version of sticky toffee pudding being a "seriously sexy pudding".

Her love of baking and cooking has led her to appearances on many cookery programmes including Marke Dracula is a stage adaptation co-authored and by John Godber and Jane Thornton from Bram Stoker's novel of the same title. This version had a cast of just six and played on what was 'essentially an empty stage. A leaven , often called a leavening agent and also known as a raising agent , is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action gas bubbles that lightens and softens the mixture.

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The series also spawned a one episode spin-off called The Continental. Andrew Dunn later starred in Victoria Wood's Sitcom Dinnerladies as Canteen Manager Tony, his fellow Ritz bouncers both made one off appearances in the series, Paul Rider as the escaped criminal The Blender in the episode "Fog" and Andrew Livingstone played Norman the agoraphobic breadman in one first series episode "Monday". Episode guide Episode 1: Eric's Dream' first aired: Unlike Mr Mackay, whose harsh and confrontational methods he disapproves of though he dare not make this known to Mr Mackay , Barrowclough is a timid, sympathetic man who firmly believes that the role of prison is to rehabilitate rather than punish.

He does not share Mackay's tough military background, having done his National Service in Royal Air Force stores in the comfortable surroundings of Singapore. Mr Barrowclough does not seem to be cut out for the life of a prison warden, and he says in the movie version whilst in conversation with a new officer that Slade prison is a miserable place and that the only reason he stays is that it's either this or being at home with the wife. Fletcher and the other prisoners constantly abuse his leniency to acquire more pleasant jobs, cells or special privileges.

They also know how to forge his signature. However, despite this, the prisoners do hold a great deal of fondness for Barrowclo In the theatre closed and became a picture house, and a few years later, a bingo hall. Support was given to revitalise the theatre from city leaders and music and drama amateurs and professionals. He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. As a result, he won a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, turning professional in He then moved to Crewe to begin in repertory theatre, like most newly graduated actors at the time, and then made his television debut in as a police officer in Coronation Street, in which he had to arrest veteran character Ena Sharples.

Career Beckinsale acquired his first starring r James Crossley born 12 June is an English bodybuilder and actor. He is best known for his part as Hunter in the TV series Gladiators from During this competition, James dislocated his shoulder in the first round and the producers wanted to pull him from the show. Following the demise of the UK show, he and a number of other gladiators and contestants went to South Africa to work on the show.

Due to budget limitations, James and his travelling colleagues were paid with hospitality and trips, he reported in an interview with HFE. James now works as a fitness instructor and celebrity personal trainer in his own consultancy business, Chelsea Fitness. James was in a relationship with the presenter of Gladiators, Ulrika Jonsson, from After Gladiators James studied as an actor. He toured a v Both salts are colourless solids. They are used mainly as superphosphate fertilizers and are also popular leavening agents. Using phosphoric acid, fluorapatite is converted to Ca HPO: Several million tons are produced annually for use as fertilizers.

Residual HF typically reacts with silicate minerals co-mingled with the phosphate ores to produce hexafluoro Hull Truck Theatre is a theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England, which presents substantial drama productions. He placed an advertisement in Time Out magazine which read, "Half-formed theatre company seeks other half".

The company began to devise plays for children. Bradwell, who insisted that all the actors play musical instruments, described the approach as "provocative and challenging, but above all, entertaining.

Bouncers; Happy Families; Shakers

This particular type of baking powder contains monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, and cornstarch. Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid and is used for increasing the volume and lightening the texture of baked goods.

Baking powder works by releasing carbon dioxide gas into a batter or dough through an acid-base reaction, causing bubbles in the wet mixture to expand and thus leavening the mixture. Baking powder was discovered by English food manufacturer Alfred Bird in Because carbon dioxide is released at a faster rate through the acid-base reaction than through fermentation, breads made by chemical leavening are called quick breads. Formulation and mechanism Most c Happy Families is a traditional card game.

Background Godber was educated at Bedford School, between and , and became a nurseryman. He became chairman of the county glasshouse section of the National Farmers Union and of the publicity and parliamentary committee. He was a member of the Tomato and Cucumber Marketing Board. Political career Godber was a Bedfordshire County Councillor from until Disodium pyrophosphate or sodium acid pyrophosphate SAPP [1] is an inorganic compound consisting of sodium cations and pyrophosphate anion.

It is a white, water-soluble solid that serves as a buffering and chelating agent, with many applications in the food industry. When crystallised from water, it forms a hexahydrate, but it dehydrates above room temperature. Pyrophosphate is a polyvalent anion with a high affinity for polyvalent cations, e.

Disodium pyrophosphate is produced by heating sodium dihydrogen phosphate: It combines with sodium bicarbonate to release carbon dioxide: Because the resulting phosphate residue has an off-taste, SAPP is usually used in very sweet cakes which mask the off-taste. Kate Baines born 18 July is an actress, born in Doncaster, England.

Kate is also a seasoned pantomime performer. The sequel, Up 'n' Under II, followed in Plot It followed the story of an inept pub team from the Wheatsheaf Arms pub in a rugby league sevens competition in Kingston upon Hull in England. However, the 'Wheatsheaf Arms' can only muster a side of four whose pride lies in their unbroken record of defeat. They are given a bye to the final of the competition where they have to play The Cobblers.

Up 'n' Under II The sequel to t Susan Cookson born 20 April is an English television actress. This was Cookson's second role on the programme after appearing in series 13—14 as an occasional character, anaesthetist Julie Day. The series first aired on 1 July with a repeat opening on 10 February She lives in Sheffield with her two children, Ruari and Dan. Selected roles Casualty - Julie Day — ; Passion Killers may refer to: Personal life Moyle lives with her partner, actor Adrian Grove.

Moyle began her career in with roles in theatre,[3] her first being in the musical Lust at Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Bob Carlton. In the early part of her career, Moyle also played roles in J. Priestley's An Inspector Calls, Oliver! In the original production it was sung by Binnie Hale as the character Jill Kemp;[1][2][3] a recording of her performance of the song was released by Columbia in In it reached number 16 on the UK Pop chart. In this revised version the song was sung by Jim Lancaster, the male lead, rather than by Jill.

Upton is a village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 3, The village is also in the WF9 postal area Pontefract and very close to the South Yorkshire boundary. Recent recognised villagers include playwright John Godber and Ada Mason formerly the oldest living woman in England. A former coal mining community, regeneration is in process as a housing overflow for the more expensive areas of Doncaster and Pontefract.

In the s the village was in its prime due to the strong mining community and retail outlets such as "Mr Farthings" Chemist, "Mr Kings" news agents.

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The village was home to Upton Colliery F. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June Ralph William John Brown[1] born 18 June [1] is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron a. He acquired a Bachelor of Law LL. Peter Clark Godber born July 17, is a Canadian football offensive lineman who played college football at Rice Owls. Professional career At the CFL combine, Godber was asked to leave after declining to participate in events due to illness.

Retrieved June 9, Dunk, Justin March 29, Look up bouncer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bouncer s or The Bouncer may refer to: The programme ran for three series, and included two Christmas specials and a feature film of the same name in the United States, the film was released under the title Doing Time. The show's title is a reference to both the traditional breakfast that used to be served in British prisons, and the British slang for serving a prison sentence - "Doing porridge".

Porridge was critically acclaimed and is widely considered to be one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time, with it being ranked No. In Porridge placed seventh in a poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. This is a list of British dramatists who wrote their plays in the s or later. Salt from the Dead Sea Matthew 5: It is part of the Sermon on the Mount, the first of a series of metaphors often seen as adding to the Beatitudes. The original Greek text is: The translation of the King James Bible reads: Ye are the salt of the earth: The World English Bible translates the passage as: You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted?

It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. God's Word Translation uses the phrase "salt for the earth". Neil Anthony Morrissey born 4 July is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and businessman. He is known for his role as Tony in Men Behaving Badly. Morrissey also provides the voice of many cartoon characters, including Bob, Lofty, Skip, Mr.

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Fothergill and Farmer Pickles in Bob the Builder. Early life Morrissey was born in Stafford, Staffordshire, the third of four sons of Irish parents who were both psychiatric nurses. He and his youngest brother Stephen died , of a heroin overdose were placed under a care order and later legally separated from their parents, after all four brothers went on multiple theft and burglary sprees.

Rogerson was represented by CV Actor Management. Rogerson died on 13 October in Wrexham Maelor Hospital from complications relating to diabetes. Siddle, John 27 October Retrieved 27 October He was among the show's original cast members appearing in the very first episode in February and appeared on the show on and off as a recurring character.

His character was killed off in the 30th anniversary episode of the show which aired in February Altman has also appeared in several films, television series and stage productions.

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In , he became the new frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids following the death of former frontman Gary Holton in His maternal grandfather was actor Johnnie Schofield. Also in , he portrayed musician George Harriso The award was originally title Comedy of the Year until , when it was renamed to Best Comedy. The award was later renamed again to the current title Best New Comedy in It first aired on 24 October Synopsis One morning, Fletcher has some rather shocking news for his fellow inmates - that there is a thief among them.

This comes as no surprise, as there are men in Slade Prison, and two-thirds are in for stealing something. Fletcher means there is a thief on the inside, as his tin of pineapple chunks has been stolen. Other prisoners comment that they have had things stolen, such as a jar of gooseberry preserve.