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James O Neill the Virtuoso of the Golden West Stage
James O Neill charmed San Francisco audiences in the Bald win era and earned high esteem from Edwin Booth and others. His Passion Play performance drew intense public reaction, and his later New York and Cincinnati engagements showcased his Monte Cristo and Virginius star power amid a storied career with McCullough Barrett and Booth among contemporaries.
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San Francisco
Baldwin Theater
Edwin Booth
Golden Gate
O’neill
Salmi Morse
New York
May Wilkes
Heuck’s
McCullough
Iago
Hamlet
James O'Neill
York
Segan
O'Neill
Gvith Forrest
William Winter
The
Lyric
Cincinnati
Old
National Theater
James O’neill
Ireland
Buffalo
Queen City
Jimmy” O'Neill
Old National Stock Company
Thomas Keane
Joseph Wheelock
Matt Lingham
Forrest
Booth
Cushman
Mr. O'Neill
Mary
Raphael
Angelo
Lenardo
Dr. Vinci
Davy Crockett
Joseph Jefferson
Bard
Monte Cristo
Dantes
Viveintad
Antony
Virginius
Sheridan Knowles
Macready