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1982-1995 (Creation)
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.06 m of textual records
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Leonard White is a former actor/film director who lives in England. He is a friend of Herbert Whittaker.
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Herbert Whittaker was born on 20 September 1910 in Montreal where he gained an early interest in the theatre from his mother Eleanor Trappitt Whittaker. He studied design at the École des Beaux-Arts and was employed with the Montreal Gazette from 1935 -1949 where he reviewed film, ballet and theatre. He moved to Toronto and from 1949-1975 he was employed by the Globe and Mail as drama, film and dance critic. During this time, he also wrote reviews for the "New York Times", the "Herald Tribune", the "Christian Science Monitor" and other papers. He also continued working as a director and designer mounting productions for the Montreal Repertory Theatre, the 16-30 Club, the Shakespeare Society, the Everyman Players, Hart House, Jupiter, the Crest, University Alumnae Theatres and the Canadian Players. He devoted much time and energy to organisations such as the Canadian Theatre Critics Association, the National Arts Centre, the Dominion Drama Festival, Theatre Museums and the Toronto Drama Bench. In addition to these activities, he was instrumental in having a theatre named after Jane Mallet, a bridge after Morley Callaghan, in planning a Mary Pickford exhibition and was founder/member of the organising and implementation committee of the Harbourfront Theatre Museum. Whittaker travelled extensively to cover events in the theatre world. He was called upon to judge National Play Awards, playwright competitions, and adjudicate drama festivals and was involved in the Universities of Canada seminar at Stratford. He has been a member of the Canada Council Awards Committee and the American Council of Drama Judges. He is the author of several books about various aspects of Canadian Theatre and has been the recipient of many awards and medals for distinguished service in the theatre. He received the Canada Centennial Medal in 1967, an honorary Doctor of Letters from York University in 1971, the Toronto Drama Bench Award and the first honorary membership in the Actor's Equity in 1975, Officer of the Order Canada and appointment to the Board of Trustees of the National Arts Council in 1976. He received a Canada Commemorative Medal in 1992. When he retired from the Globe and Mail in 1975, he was named Critic Emeritus and in December 1993 was named a Trustee of the Herman Voaden Fund.
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Fonds consists of letters from Herbert Whittaker to Leonard White and his wife, Margaret.
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No commercial use without permission. Contact the University Archivist, York University for more information.
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archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/submissions/fonds/ON00370-f0000123.htm
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See Herbert Whittaker fonds (F0453) for related material.
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The fonds comprises the following accession: 1996-011. Further accruals are expected.