Michael Wade (Canadian actor)
{{short description|Canadian actor, writer, musician}}
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| birth_date = October 30, 1944
| birth_place = Avondale, Newfoundland, Canada
|death_date = May 22, 2004
| known_for = Founded Newfoundland's first Shakespeare company
| death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
| alma_mater = Memorial University of Newfoundland
| yearsactive = 1966–2004
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Michael Wade (October 30, 1944 – May 22, 2004) was a Canadian actor, writer and musician."Bringing the bard to the Rock: 'it's madness'". The Globe and Mail, April 26, 1986. Born in Avondale, Newfoundland, he founded Newfoundland's first Shakespeare company in 1984.{{cite book | title=Shakespeare in Canada: A World Elsewhere | publisher=University of Toronto Press | author=Brydon Diana | year=2002 | pages=201 | isbn=978-0802036551}}
A graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland, he first published poetry in Harold Horwood's anthology Voices Underground. In the early 1970s, he formed the rock band Ash Wednesday with Drew McGillivray. He briefly moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s, but by 1981, he was back in St. John's, where his first play, The Fig Tree, debuted with a cast that included Mary Walsh. His later plays included The Past Itch, The First Stone and Last Dance at the Avalon.
As an actor, his film and television credits included John and the Missus (1986), The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986), Finding Mary March (1988), The Boys of St. Vincent (1992), Secret Nation (1992), Gullage's (1996), and Misery Harbour (1999),"He brought the Bard to the Rock". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2004. and he had a recurring role in the CBC Radio comedy series The Great Eastern as Ish Lundrigan. His stage credits included productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Peter Luke's Hadrian the Seventh, Edward Riche's List of Lights, Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Ray Guy's Swinton Massacre.
Wade was nominated for a Gemini Award, and received a best actor Moonsnail Award at the 1996 Atlantic Film Festival, for his work in Gullage's."CBC TV series wins big at film festival". Montreal Gazette, September 30, 1996.{{cite web |url= http://playbackonline.ca/1996/10/07/5694-19961007/ |title=Atlantic Film Fest winners |first= |last=|work=Playback|year=2015|accessdate=15 December 2015}}
Returning to older pursuits in his later years, he published a volume of poetry, Poems, in 1999, and released a solo album, One Way Love, in 2003.
He died of cancer at his home in St. John's on May 22, 2004.
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