Editing Michael Redgrave (section)

==Youth and education==
Redgrave was born in [[Bristol]], England, the son of actress [[Margaret Scudamore]] and the [[silent film]] actor [[Roy Redgrave]]. Roy left when Redgrave was six months old to pursue a career in Australia. He died when Redgrave was 14. His mother subsequently married Captain James Anderson, a tea planter. Redgrave greatly disliked his stepfather.<ref>''Michael Redgrave: My Father'', 1996 BBC documentary film narrated by his son [[Corin Redgrave]], based on his book of the same name; produced and directed by Roger Michell</ref>

Redgrave attended [[Clifton College]] in Bristol.<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p395: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948</ref> Clifton College Theatre was opened in 1966 by Redgrave as the first purpose-built school theatre in the country. After his death, the building was renamed The Redgrave Theatre in his honour.

Upon leaving Clifton, Redgrave went on to study the modern languages and English [[tripos]]es at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]]. Under the direction of [[Dadie Rylands]], he garnered great acclaim for his starring roles on the Cambridge stage as Edgar, Prince Hal and [[Captain Brassbound's Conversion|Captain Brassbound]]. Alongside the art historian [[Anthony Blunt]] and schoolfriend [[Robin Fedden]], Redgrave also edited an ''avant-garde'' literary magazine called ''The Venture'', which published work by [[Louis MacNeice]], [[Julian Bell]] and [[John Lehmann]].<ref>T. E. B. Howarth, ''Cambridge Between Two Wars'' (London: Collins, 1978), p. 71. {{ISBN|0002111810}}</ref> He graduated with a [[third-class degree]] in 1931.<ref>"University News", ''The Times'', 18 June 1931, p. 16.</ref>

Redgrave taught modern languages at [[Cranleigh School]] in Surrey for three years before becoming an actor in 1934. He directed the boys in ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[King Lear]]'' and ''[[The Tempest]]'', but played all the leading roles himself.<ref name="ReferenceA">''The Great Stage Stars'', Sheridan Morley</ref>