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A Tomb with a View is a 1978 comedy-thriller pantomime by Norman Robbins. It is Robbins' most popular work and is in line with his adapting works into plays and pantomimes. The play is divided into three Acts. It is set in an old library during the reading of the last will of Mr. Tomb (of whom a portrait hangs above the stage) with his five children, four other guests and a lawyer present. The title sounds similar to E.M. Forster's 1908 novel A Room with a View, however there are no similarities. There is a sequel to the play, Tiptoe Through the Tombstones.

Characters
There are 10 roles, 4 male and 6 female:
 * Hamilton Penworthy, lawyer
 * Lucien Tomb
 * Dora Tomb
 * Emily Tomb
 * Marcus Tomb
 * Monica Tomb
 * Anne Franklin, nurse
 * Agatha Hammond, maid / housekeeper
 * Freda Mountjoy, author and heiress to the late Mr. Tomb
 * Peregrine Potter, author's assistant

Translations
A German translation, Schau nicht unters Rosenbeet, has been published as well as a Swiss one, Bittermandle & Pistole

Weblinks

 * http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1578890.A_Tomb_with_a_View
 * http://www.stageplays.com/products/a_tomb_with_a_view/Norman%20Robbins
 * http://www.bluespringscitytheatre.com/Past%20Productions/2012/TombwithaView/A_Tomb_With_A_View_Character_Info.pdf

Norman Robbins
Norman Robbins is an English actor, professor, author and playwright. His plays have been translated into some languages and performed internationally. The most known ones are A Tomb with a View and his first pantomime, Sing A Song Of Sixpence.

Life
Robbins and his wife Ailsa have two children. He lives in Devon, near Dartmoor, England.

1970s

 * The Late Mrs. Early: A Comedy (1975)
 * Wedding of the Year: a comedy (1977)
 * Sing a Song of Sixpence: a pantomime (1978) (written in the 1950s)
 * Rumpelstiltzkin: a pantomime (1979)
 * Hickory Dickory Dock: a pantomime (1979)

1980s

 * Cinderella: A Pantomime (1980)
 * The Grand Old Duke Of York: A Pantomime (1981)
 * Humpty Dumpty: A Pantomime (1982)
 * Aladdin: A Pantomime (1985)
 * Tom, The Piper's Son: A Pantomime (1984)
 * The wonderful story of Mother Goose: a pantomime (1986)
 * The Sleeping Beauty: A Pantomime (1987)
 * Nightmare: A Suspense Play (1988)
 * Pull the other one (1988)
 * German translation: Akt mit Blume: denk dir doch was anderes aus: eine Farce (1988, A. von Koss)
 * Lower-German translation: Denk di doch wat anners ut: eine Farce (1993, Vertr.-Stelle und Verlag Dt. Bühnenschrifsteller u. -komponisten)

1990s

 * Dick Whittington: A Pantomime (1990)
 * Slaugherhouse: A Play (1990)
 * Puss in Boots (1992)
 * The babes in the wood a pantomime (1994)
 * Snow White: A Pantomime (1996)
 * Tiptoe Through the Tombstones: a comedy thiller (1998) (sequel to A Tomb with a View)
 * German translation: Zum Henker mit den Henks!, upcoming performances in Wehr and Hamburg (Germany)
 * Swiss translation: Moorgang


 * Red Riding Hood: A Pantomime (1999)

2000s

 * The White Cat: A Pantomime (2001)
 * Jack And Jill: A Pantomime (2002)
 * Slapstick And Sausages: The Evolution Of British Pantomime (2002)
 * Little Tommy Tucker (2004)
 * At the Sign of "The Crippled Harlequin": A Thriller (2007)
 * Prescription For Murder: A Thriller (2008)
 * The Dragon of Wantley: A Pantomime (2009)
 * Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: A Pantomime (2009)
 * And Evermore Shall Be So: A Play (2009)

2010s

 * Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb: A Play (2010)
 * Where There's A Will: a comedy-thriller (2010)
 * Practice to Deceive: A Thriller (2011)
 * The Borzoletti Monstrance: a mystery play (2013)

to be classified

 * Puss In Boots: A Pantomime
 * The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe: A Pantomime
 * Jack and the beanstalk: a pantomime
 * The Wonderful Story of Mother Goose: A Pantomime