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Cedric Messina (14 December 1920 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa — 30 April 1993 in London) was a South-African born British television producer and director who worked for the BBC and is best remembered for his involvement in television productions of classic drama.
Cedric Eugene Messina, television producer: born Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1920; married (one daughter); died London 30 April 1993.
May 17, 1993 · Cedric Messina, a television producer whose work included plays by Shakespeare, died on April 30 in London, the British press reported last week. He was 72. The cause of death was not given.
Cedric Messina was born in 1920 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was a producer and director, known for BBC Play of the Month (1965), Theatre 625 (1964) and Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962). He died on 30 April 1993.
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- April 30, 1993
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The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned seven seasons and thirty-seven episodes.
- Comedy , Tragedy , History
He was a successful writer and producer of radio drama before moving onto television in the early 1960s. Although he also directed, it was as producer that Messina spent most of his television career and had his greatest success, with well over 200 credits to his name between 1962 and 1987, all for the BBC.
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Cedric Messina is known as an Producer and Director. Some of his work includes Hamlet, Play of the Month, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, Spider's Web, Measure for Measure, The Happy Valley, and Private Lives.
