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John Bernard (1756 in Portsmouth, England – 29 November 1828 in London) was an English actor and biographer. He was the author of Retrospections of the Stage (1830) and Retrospections of America, 1797-1811. He acted in a number of plays with Mary Ann Duff. His son, William Bayle Bernard, was a playwright and critic, and edited editions of his Retrospections.

References

1. Franklin Graham (1902) Histrionic Montreal: Annals of the Montreal stage, with biographical and critical notices of the plays and players of a century, John Lovell & Son, Montreal
2. John Bernard (1830) Retrospections of the Stage Vol. 1, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, London
3. Joseph Norton Ireland (1882) Mrs. Duff, James R. Osgood and Co., Boston

External links

• Retrospections of the Stage Volume 1 (Google Books)
• Retrospections of the Stage Vol. 2 (Internet Archive)
• Retrospections of America, 1797-1811 (Google Books)

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