James O'Neill was an Irish-American theatre actor. He was the father of American playwright Eugene O'Neill and the inspiration for one of the primary characters in his son's play Long Day's Journey in
O'Neill as Abbé Busoni in Monte Cristo, 1893
Plaque in New Ross, County Wexford recalling his emigration to America in 1851
Poster for a 1900 theatre production of Monte Cristo, adapted for the stage by Charles Fechter, starring James O'Neill
Edmond Dantès (James O'Neill) loosens a stone before making his escape from the Château d'If in The Count of Monte Cristo (1913)
The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, then published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, alo
James O'Neill (actor, born 1847)
…Union Square Company. As early as 1875, while a stock star at Hooley's Theatre in Chicago, O'Neill played the title role in a stage adaptation of Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo. In early 1883 O'Neill took over the lead role in Monte Cristo at Booth's Theater in New York, after Charles R. Towne died suddenly in the wings after…
Louis Français Dantès sur son rocher
The protagonist, Edmond Dantès, was a merchant sailor before his imprisonment. (Illustration by Pierre-Gustave Staal)
Château d'If (Marseille)