Background
Flanders, Michael was born on March 1, 1922 in London, England. Son of Peter Henry and Laura (O’Beirne) Flanders.
Flanders, Michael was born on March 1, 1922 in London, England. Son of Peter Henry and Laura (O’Beirne) Flanders.
Graduate Westminster School, 1940. Master of Arts, Christ Church Oxford, 1941.
Author: (plays) Penny Plain, 1951. Airs on a Shoestring, 1953. Fresh Airs, 1955; contributor to many other revues.
Author, co-performer (with Donald Swann) At The Drop of a Hat, 1956, At The Drop of Another Hat, 1961. Author English version Badingk’s opera Orestes, 1952, Stravinski’s Soldier’s Tale, 1953. Opera libretti Hopkin’s Three’s Company, 1953, A Christmas Story, 1954, others.
(verse) Creatures Great and Small, 1964. Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, cantata with Joseph Horovitz, 1971. Actor, 1948-1975, appeared in The Caucasian Chalk Circle Royal Shakespeare Company, 1961.
Radio and television Work especially as commentator documentaries including The Royal Family, 1969. The Tribe that Hides from Man, 1970, (film) The Raging Moon, 1970. Many record albums.
Served with Royal Navy, 1941-1943.
Married Claudia Cockburn Davis, December 31, 1959. Children: Laura, Stephanie.