<DIV><P><I>Godber Plays: 4</I> brings together four recent plays by one of<br>Britain's most prolific, popular playwrights. The author is the<br>artistic director of Hull Truck Theatre and the publication is timed to<br>coincide with the opening of Hull Truck's new theatre building in the<br>heart of Hull.</P><br><P>In <I>Our House</I> May, a widow, mother and grandmother, is<br>packing up her home of 45 years and heads for a life in the sun.<br>However, trading neighbourhood hell for the Costa del Calm is no easy<br>task as memories are harder to let go than possessions. First produced<br>in 2007, the play was revived and toured the UK in 2008.<BR>In<I> Crown Prince </I>(2007) Godber finds comedy in a bowls club,<br>and against the backdrop of the advancing years of its members, issues<br>of redundancy, bereavement and guilt emerge.<BR><I>Sold</I> is the author's most politically charged play to date,<br>exposing the misery of people-trafficking and women sold into the<br>sex-trade in Britain.<br><BR><I>Christmas Crackers </I>follows overworked A&E nurses Holly and Kath on a shopping and booze trip to Prague where things take an unexpected turn.</P><br><P>'John Godber's work is unique; he is able to speak to a very broad<br>audience in a way that is thought-provoking, exciting and always very<br>funny.' Hilary Strong, Executive Director of Greenwich Theatre</P></DIV>