A Practical Man

A Practical Man is a farce in one act by William Bayle Bernard (1807 –1875)

The original text
First performed in the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, on 20 October,  1849.

Published in 1949 by Samuel French London and New York),  as well as by  T.H. (Hailes) Lacy in London as Issue 71 of 19th Century British Drama (Lacy's acting edition, Volume 37, Issue 6)

Performance history in South Africa
1850 Performed by the Garrison Amateur Players on 31 July, as afterpiece to The Rose of Arragon (Knowles). (Wrongly announced as The Practical Man)

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