Cedric Messina
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Cedric Messina (c1920 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa — 30 April 1993 in London) was a South African born British television producer and director for the BBC of mainly classic drama. Messina attended school in Johannesburg and moved to the United Kingdom after the second world war.
He was the supervisor of the first two seasons (twelve plays) of the BBC Television Shakespeare and the producer of eighty-two productions in the Play of the Month series from 1965 onwards.
[edit] External links
- Cedric Messina at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Times obituary, 17 May 1993