Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Neill, Maire

O'NEILL, Maire, actress; made her first appearance on the stage as a member of the Irish National Theatre Society, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; made her first appearance in London at the Great Queen Street (now Kingsway) Theatre; 10th May, 1907, as Margaret Flaherty in "The Playboy of the Western World": during her connection with the Irish Company, played the following, among other parts; Fand in the play of that name, Mary Cushin in "The Gaol Gate," A Woman in "On Bailie's Strand," Bridget in "The Hour Glass," Min and Marvanne in "The Country Dressmaker," Biddy Lally in "The Unicorn from the Stars," Mona in "Dervorgilla," Mrs. Donohoe in "The Workhouse Ward," The Woman in "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet," Deirdre in " Deirdre of the Sorrows," Conal's Wife in "The Green Helmet," Anna Crilly in "Thomas Muskerry," Mary Hurley in "Harvest," Peggy Mahon in "The Image," Mrs. McCarthy in "The Cross Roads," Ellen Barton in "The Casting Out of Martin Whelan," Dan's Wife in "The Deliverer," Queen Cahafra in "King Argimines," Mrs. Rainey in "Mixed Marriage," Johanna in "The Piedish,* Cracked Mary in "The Full Moon," Mrs Shillane in "The Clancy Name," Countess Cathleen in the play of that name, and Maggie Gather in "The Magnanimous Lover"; leaving the Irish Company, she appeared at the St. James's Theatre, Jan. 1913, as Zerlina in "Turandot"; joined the Company of the Repertory Theatre, Liverpool, March, 1913, and appeared aa the Mother of Hannele in "Hannele," Kalleia in "The Perplexed Husband," Freida Conyngham in "The Conynghams," Candida in the play of that name, and Nora Burke in "The Shadow of the Glen"; at His Majesty's Theatre, June, 1913, during Sir Herbert Tree's Shakespearean Festival, appeared as Nerissa in "The Merchant of Venice"; crossed to America in the autumn of 1913, and at the Hudson Theatre, New York, 10th Nov., 1913, played Mary Ellen in "General John Regan"; returned to London and appeared at the Haymarket, Feb., 1914, as Catherine Botal in "The Comedy of the Man Who Married a Dumb Wife"; at the Court Theatre, Feb., 1914, played Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"; at the Little Theatre, May, 1915, Genevieve in "Foolery"; at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Dec. 1916, appeared as Aunt Helen in "The White Headed Boy"; at the Court, Jan., 1917, as Mary Byrne in "The Tinker's Wedding"; Feb., 1918, as Anna in "The Dead City"; at the King's Hall, Covent Garden, May, 1919, as Decima in "The Player Queen"; at the Lyric, Hammersmith, Feb., 1920, played Sarah Ferguson in "John Ferguson"; at the Ambassadors', Sept., 1920, Aunt Ellen in "The White Headed Boy"; youngest dau. of George Allgood and Margaret Harold; b. in Dublin; m. G. H. Mair. Res: 34 Walpole Street, London, S.W.3.