Charles Combe
Charles Combe ()[] was an actor.
Referred to as Chas Combe as well.
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Biography
Probably the British actor Charles Edward Combe (born Charles Edward Combe Prentis) listed as "an actor" on WikiTree[1], who was born on 9 October 1874 in Gorakhpur, India, and died on 28 August, 1920, in 14 Pembridge Square, Notting Hill Gate, London. He had married Mabel Justyne Arnold om 1899 and they had two sons, Avon Ramsay Combe Prentis and Terence Sladen Justyne Combe Prentis.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Referred to by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) as a member of the Herbert Flemming Company that did The Liars (Jones) in the Opera House, Cape Town, in August, 1898.
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 406
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