Jack was at times a miner, a father, a brawler, sometime poet, conman, lover, thug and comedian. In fact Happy Jack is probably a character we all recognize. The central character of John Godber's play is a typically Yorkshire mixture of tenderness, truculence, humour, pride and pig-ignorance. Happy Jack chronicles the lives of Godber's grandparents. All the incidents in the play are based on fact, but Godber could not separate these stories from his own life as they were being continually retold in his own household. He calls them the myths of his childhood.| 8 Oct 10 to 9 Oct 10 | Buxton Opera House Buxton, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Apr 08 to 19 Apr 08 | The Carriageworks Leeds, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Oct 07 | Bowhill Theatre Selkirk, Scottish Borders Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 19 Oct 06 | Darwen Library Theatre Darwen, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Oct 06 | Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
