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Bernard, William Bayle

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Bernard, William Bayle (1807–75), dramatist who helped popularize the stage type of the eccentric rural American. Among the 100 successful plays that he wrote were The Dumb Belle (1831); The Kentuckian; or, A Trip to New York (1833), a revision of Paulding's Lion of the West; His Last Legs (1839); and an early dramatization of Rip Van Winkle (1832). His Retrospections of America (1887) was edited by Brander Matthews.

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Bernard, William Bayle

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Bernard, William Bayle. See Bernard, John.

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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bernard, William Bayle." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bernard, William Bayle." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BernardWilliamBayle.html

Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bernard, William Bayle." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BernardWilliamBayle.html

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