Nance O'Neil
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Opened Sep 15, 2010
Closed Oct 9, 2010
Opened Sep 15, 2010
Closed Oct 9, 2010
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David Foley's Nance O'Neil, imaginatively elaborated from a historical footnote, examines the relationship between actress Nance O'Neil and the infamous Lizzie Borden in 1900s Boston. Were they in love?
Or were there other motivations at play?
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We all know how Lizzie Borden may have used an axe to wreak some serious intrafamilial havoc, but did you know that a dozen years later, she took up with acclaimed thespian Nance O'Neil? In
Nance O'Neil, now at the Access Theater, playwright David Foley has used that curious historical postscript to craft a fascinating psychological drama.
Foley never fully reveals his take on O'Neil, aka "the American Bernhardt" (played with great aplomb by willowy Rachel Brown). Was O'Neil a flagrant opportunist or a soft-hearted feminist sympathizer? The dialogue provides her hints at both strains at once.
However, the women's attraction is easily explained. Lizzie (played less winningly by Jonna McEl[...]