Cedric Messina

Cedric Messina

Cedric Messina (c. 1920 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.

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