Difference between revisions of "Norman Coombes"
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''[[The Bed Sitting Room]]'', (producer & Director, ''[[A Shadow of Heroes]]'', ''[[L’amant Anglaise]]'' | ''[[The Bed Sitting Room]]'', (producer & Director, ''[[A Shadow of Heroes]]'', ''[[L’amant Anglaise]]'' | ||
| − | Acted in ''[[Alice's Adventures Underground]]'', ''[[Send for Dolly]]'', ''[[Cape Charade or Kaatjie Kekkelbek]]'', ''[[The Chalk Garden]]'', ''[[Equus]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]'', ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'', ''[[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]]'', ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'', ''[[Shadowlands]]'', ''[[We All Fall Down]]'', ''[[The Seven Ages]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[The Cavern]]'', ''[[Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'', ''[[Yelena]]'', ''[[Murder Among Friends]]'', ''[[The Unexpected Guest]]'', ''[[Savages]]'', ''[[Thark]]'', ''[[King John]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'', ''[[Magnolia Tree]]'', ''[[Cause Célèbre]]'', ''[[Annie]]''. | + | Acted in ''[[Alice’s Adventures Underground|Alice's Adventures Underground]]'', ''[[Send for Dolly]]'', ''[[Cape Charade or Kaatjie Kekkelbek]]'', ''[[The Chalk Garden]]'', ''[[Equus]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]'', ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'', ''[[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]]'', ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'', ''[[Shadowlands]]'', ''[[We All Fall Down]]'', ''[[The Seven Ages]]'', ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[The Cavern]]'', ''[[Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'', ''[[Yelena]]'', ''[[Murder Among Friends]]'', ''[[The Unexpected Guest]]'', ''[[Savages]]'', ''[[Thark]]'', ''[[King John]]'', ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'', ''[[Magnolia Tree]]'', ''[[Cause Célèbre]]'', ''[[Annie]]''. |
Directed ''[[Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell]]'' (1990), ''[[Journey's End]]'' (1977), ''[[As Long As They’re Happy]]'' (1955), ''[[Doctor Faustus]]'' (1972), ''[[Animal Farm]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'', ''[[Marching Song]]'', ''[[The Nuns]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]''. 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, ''[[In This Court]]'', ''[[Rapid Eye Movements]]''. | Directed ''[[Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell]]'' (1990), ''[[Journey's End]]'' (1977), ''[[As Long As They’re Happy]]'' (1955), ''[[Doctor Faustus]]'' (1972), ''[[Animal Farm]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'', ''[[Marching Song]]'', ''[[The Nuns]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]''. 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, ''[[In This Court]]'', ''[[Rapid Eye Movements]]''. | ||
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COOMBES, Norman (1922-2004) Actor, dramatist and director. ****
Contents
Biography
He died in Johannesburg in May 2004, aged 82.
Training
Career
As actor performed in Durban [– McMurtry], later for PACT.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
The Bed Sitting Room, (producer & Director, A Shadow of Heroes, L’amant Anglaise
Acted in Alice's Adventures Underground, Send for Dolly, Cape Charade or Kaatjie Kekkelbek, The Chalk Garden, Equus, The Crucible, Charley's Aunt, In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer, The Lady's not for Burning, Shadowlands, We All Fall Down, The Seven Ages, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Cavern, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Yelena, Murder Among Friends, The Unexpected Guest, Savages, Thark, King John, Much Ado about Nothing, Child's Play, Magnolia Tree, Cause Célèbre, Annie.
Directed Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell (1990), Journey's End (1977), As Long As They’re Happy (1955), Doctor Faustus (1972), Animal Farm, Child's Play, Marching Song, The Nuns, Journey's End. 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, In This Court, Rapid Eye Movements.
Produced The Lark and the Crow, 1979
Wrote Episodes in Light and Dark for which he received the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award in 1993; A Hill Above Camdeboo; A Snake in the Garden (winner of several awards), Ten Unexpected Spiders, Trial of Bessiewallis.
He appeared in the films Never Say Die and The Mangler and the 1974 Roger Moore film, Gold.
Awards, etc
Winner of the Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script (1988) for A Snake in the Garden. He received the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award in 1993 for Episodes in Light and Dark.
Sources
SACD 1973, 1974; Tucker 1997. Star, 17 May 2004.
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