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| − | According to the [[Wikipedia]] entry on | + | According to the [[Wikipedia]] entry on [[Dorothy Bernard]] (1890–1955), he was born in Auckland, New Zealand and he and his wife (Roy Elizabeth Ayrd) were in South Africa with the [[Chambers Theatre Company]] in 1890, William appearing as a juvenile lead, playing heroic characters in plays such as ''[[The Bells of Haslemere]]'' and ''[[In the Ranks]]''. |
| − | While in Port Elizabeth that year their daughter, the silent film actress [[Dorothy Bernard]] (1890–1955) was born | + | While in Port Elizabeth that year their daughter, the silent film actress [[Dorothy Bernard]] (1890–1955) was born. Bernard subsequently moved to Portland, Oregon in the USA, where he worked as a stock company manager and was a well-respected actor. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 05:28, 22 August 2021
Will R. Bernard (also known as Will Bernard, fl. 1890-1920) was a professional theatre performer.
It is very possible that this is actually the same person sometimes listed as William H. Bernard
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Biography
According to the Wikipedia entry on Dorothy Bernard (1890–1955), he was born in Auckland, New Zealand and he and his wife (Roy Elizabeth Ayrd) were in South Africa with the Chambers Theatre Company in 1890, William appearing as a juvenile lead, playing heroic characters in plays such as The Bells of Haslemere and In the Ranks.
While in Port Elizabeth that year their daughter, the silent film actress Dorothy Bernard (1890–1955) was born. Bernard subsequently moved to Portland, Oregon in the USA, where he worked as a stock company manager and was a well-respected actor.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
A member of the Chambers Theatre Company in Cape Town in 1890, for which he was juvenile lead, playing heroic characters in plays such as The Bells of Haslemere and In the Ranks.
Sources
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stock_actor_William_Bernard_(SAYRE_6949).jpg
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 390-391, .
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