Norman Coombes
COOMBES, Norman (1922-2004) Actor, dramatist and director. ****
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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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