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[[Will R. Bernard]] (also known as '''[[Will Bernard]]''') was a professional actor around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.  
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[[Will R. Bernard]] (also known as '''[[Will Bernard]]''', fl. 1890-1920) was a professional theatre performer.  
 
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
A member of the [[Chambers Theatre Company]] in Cape Town in 1890,for which he played heroic leads in plays such as ''[[The Bells of Haslemere]]'' and ''[[In the Ranks]]''.
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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]]''.
  
  

Revision as of 08:45, 4 April 2018

Will R. Bernard (also known as Will Bernard, fl. 1890-1920) was a professional theatre performer.

Biography

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

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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