- published: 03 Nov 2013
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Antonia Jane Bird, FRSA (27 May 1951 – 24 October 2013) was an English producer and director of television drama and feature films.
In 1968, at the age of 17, Bird began working in theatre as an assistant stage manager at Coventry Rep. She worked her way up doing a variety of jobs, including acting, stage management, publicity, theatre administration, and directing in repertory and regional theatres. She directed a season of plays at The Studio at Chester Theatre and later joined Leicester's Phoenix Theatre as a director.
Bird was named Resident Director at the Royal Court Theatre in 1978. She was appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs, London's leading venue for new writing. Her first television production was Submariners (1983), an adaptation of one of her Royal Court productions which she directed for the BBC. She was recruited by the originators and founding producers of EastEnders, Julia Smith and Tony Holland, to direct the series in 1985; she directed seventeen episodes.
Blanca y radiante va la novia,
Le sigue atrás un novio amante,
Y que al unir sus corazones,
Hará morir desilusiones.
Ante el altar está llorando,
Todos dirán que es de alegría,
Dentro su alma está gritando,
Ave María!
Mentirá también al decir que sí,
Y al besar la cruz pedirá perdón,
Y yo se que olvidar nunca podría,
Que era yo aquel a quien quería.
Blanca y radiante valanovia,
Le sigue atrás un novio amante,
Y que al unir sus corazones,
Hará morir desilusiones.
Ante el altar está llorando,
Todos dirán que es de alegría,
Dentro su alma está gritando,
Ave María!