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| − | [[Will R. Bernard]] (also known as '''[[Will Bernard]]''', fl. 1890-1920) was a professional theatre performer. | + | #REDIRECT[[Will Bernard]] |
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| − | It is very possible that this is actually the same person sometimes listed as '''[[William H. Bernard]]'''
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | According to the [[Wikipedia]] entry on his daughter, the silent film actress [[Dorothy Bernard]] (1890–1955), William was born in Auckland, New Zealand and presumably started out as an actor in that country. He and his wife (Roy Elizabeth Ayrd) were in South Africa with the [[Chambers Theatre Company]] in 1890, their daughter being born in Port Elizabeth.
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| − | Bernard subsequently moved to Portland, Oregon in the USA, where he worked as a stock company manager and was a well-respected actor.
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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| − | An actor listed as [[Will R. Bernard]] is mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) as 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]]''.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stock_actor_William_Bernard_(SAYRE_6949).jpg
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| − | [[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.)
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| − | [[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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