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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Performances include ''[[King John]]'', ''[[Case of Robert J Oppenheimer]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'', ''[[Dr Faustus]]'', ''[[Magnolia Tree]]'', ''[[ | + | Performances include ''[[King John]]'', ''[[Case of Robert J Oppenheimer]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'', ''[[Dr Faustus]]'', ''[[Magnolia Tree]]'', ''[[Charley's Aunt]]''. Also worked with [[PACT]] [[Arena Company]] |
[As actor performed in Durban [– McMurtry], later for PACT. ********* Directed [[Vernon Sylvaine]]’s farce ''[[As Long As They're Happy]]'' which was staged by the Durban [[Intimate Theatre Company]] for their first visit to Johannesburg in 1955. Author of ''[[A Snake in the Garden]]'', which he directed for?* [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]?* in 1988. Winner of the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script (1988). | [As actor performed in Durban [– McMurtry], later for PACT. ********* Directed [[Vernon Sylvaine]]’s farce ''[[As Long As They're Happy]]'' which was staged by the Durban [[Intimate Theatre Company]] for their first visit to Johannesburg in 1955. Author of ''[[A Snake in the Garden]]'', which he directed for?* [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]?* in 1988. Winner of the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script (1988). | ||
| − | + | He directed ''[[The Nuns]]'', ''[[Investigations into the Death of a Greek]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'', for [[PACT]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in February 1977 starring himself, [[Dale Cutts]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[John Rogers]]. He directed the [[PACT]] production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' starring [[Neil McCarthy]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in February 1984. | |
| − | He appeared in the films ''Never Say Die'' and ''The Mangler'' | + | ''[[The Bed Sitting Room]]'', ''[[Cause Célèbre]]'', ''[[Annie]]'', ''[[The Nuns]]'' (producer & Director, ''[[A Shadow of Heroes]]'', ''[[L’amant Anglaise]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]''. Directed ''[[In This Court]]'', ''[[Rapid Eye Movements]]'' |
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| + | He appeared in the films ''Never Say Die'' and ''The Mangler'' and the 1974 Roger Moore film, ''Gold''. | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Revision as of 07:58, 11 October 2014
COOMBES, Norman (1922-2004) Actor, dramatist and director. ****
Contents
Biography
He died in Johannesburg in May 2004, aged 82.
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performances include King John, Case of Robert J Oppenheimer, Much Ado about Nothing, Child's Play, Dr Faustus, Magnolia Tree, Charley's Aunt. Also worked with PACT Arena Company
[As actor performed in Durban [– McMurtry], later for PACT. ********* Directed Vernon Sylvaine’s farce As Long As They're Happy which was staged by the Durban Intimate Theatre Company for their first visit to Johannesburg in 1955. Author of A Snake in the Garden, which he directed for?* Pieter Toerien Productions?* in 1988. Winner of the Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script (1988).
He directed The Nuns, Investigations into the Death of a Greek, Journey's End, for PACT at the Market Theatre in February 1977 starring himself, Dale Cutts, Frantz Dobrowsky, Richard Haines, Michael McCabe, John Rogers. He directed the PACT production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail starring Neil McCarthy at the Alexander Theatre in February 1984.
The Bed Sitting Room, Cause Célèbre, Annie, The Nuns (producer & Director, A Shadow of Heroes, L’amant Anglaise, Journey's End. Directed In This Court, Rapid Eye Movements
He appeared in the films Never Say Die and The Mangler and the 1974 Roger Moore film, Gold.
Awards, etc
Sources
SACD 1973; 1974; Tucker 1997. Star, 17 May 2004.
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