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'''Mervyn Alexander Clifford Blake''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] ([[30 November]] [[1907]] – [[9 October]] [[2003]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[stage (theatre)|stage]] actor.
'''Mervyn Alexander Clifford Blake''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (30 November 1907 – 9 October 2003) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[stage (theatre)|stage]] actor.


Born in [[Dehradun]], [[India]], he joined the [[Stratford Festival of Canada]] in 1957. He was the first Stratford actor to appear in Shakespeare's entire canon of plays.
Born in [[Dehradun]], [[India]], he joined the [[Stratford Festival of Canada]] in 1957. He was the first Stratford actor to appear in Shakespeare's entire canon of plays.
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=blake&t=1360&d=3788|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry|accessdate=March 16|accessyear=2006}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=blake&t=1360&d=3788|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry|accessdate=March 16, 2006}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/200od/2003d006.htm|title=Father figure to the Canadian stage|author=Allison Lawlor|year=2003|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|accessdate=March 16|accessyear=2006}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/200od/2003d006.htm|title=Father figure to the Canadian stage|author=Allison Lawlor|year=2003|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|accessdate=March 16, 2006}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0086656|name=Mervyn Blake}}
* {{imdb name|id=0086656|name=Mervyn Blake}}


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Revision as of 21:41, 19 November 2009

Mervyn Alexander Clifford Blake, CM (30 November 1907 – 9 October 2003) was a Canadian stage actor.

Born in Dehradun, India, he joined the Stratford Festival of Canada in 1957. He was the first Stratford actor to appear in Shakespeare's entire canon of plays.

In 1995, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for "his dedication to his craft and to the development of the Stratford Festival". [1]

References

  • "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved March 16, 2006.
  • Allison Lawlor (2003). "Father figure to the Canadian stage". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 16, 2006.