Norman MacOwan

Norman MacOwan (2 January 1877 – 31 December 1961) was a Scottish author, playwright, and actor, both on stage and in film.

History MacOwan was born in Hope Park, St Andrews, Scotland, the son of a Presbyterian minister.

He became well known as author of plays for the stage.

In 1924 he published his first novel, The Infinite ShoeblackA reference to Carlyle's epigram in Sartor Resartus: "Can all the finance ministers of Europe make one shoeblack happy?"

He was a member of Dion Boucicault's company, whose members included Mary Jerrold, Hubert Harben and Mary Hinton, that toured Australia in 1926.

Plays The Chalk Line with a cousin, Sir Fabian Ware.