Historic Photo Gallery: 1850 to 1899
1899
James O'Neill, father of playwright Eugene O'Neill, made his debut with a two-week
appearance at the Walnut in September 1899. O'Neill starred in two Alexandre Dumas plays.
The first week he played D'Artagnan in
The Three Musketeers (shown here),
and the second week he played his most famous role, Edmund Dantes in
The Count of Monte Cristo. (Photograph courtesy of the Theatre Collection,
Free Library of Philadelphia.)
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