Today is the birthday of James O’Neill (1847-1920). Best known today as the father of the great playwright Eugene O’Neill, in his heyday he was regarded as one of the era’s pre-eminent stage actors. Much like Joseph Jefferson (whom he performed with in his early years) O’Neill pere was almost entirely associated during his last decades […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:53PM on November 15, 2013