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[[Will R. Bernard]] (also known as '''[[Will Bernard]]''', fl. 1890-1920) was a professional theatre performer.
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It is very possible that this is actually the same person sometimes listed as '''[[William H. Bernard]]'''
 
 
 
== Biography ==
 
 
 
 
 
According to the [[Wikipedia]] entry on Will R. Bernard Born in  Auckland, New Zealand , 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 there. 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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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, .
 
 
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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