Eliza O'Neill
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Eliza O'Neill (* 1791 in Drogheda ; † October 29, 1872 ) was an Irish stage actress .
She was the daughter of an Irish theater principal and an actress. She made her debut at the Crow Street Theater in 1811 in The Soldier's Daughter by Andrew Cherry and moved to London in 1814 , where she immediately enjoyed long-lasting success at Covent Garden as Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and was compared to Sarah Siddons . For five years she excelled in comical and especially tragic roles. The German authors Leopold Schefer and Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau saw her on stage in London as Julia and praised her several times, while she was too emphatic for Adelbert von Chamisso (in Portsmouth on his “ Journey around the World ”).
Eliza O'Neill left the stage when she married William Wrixon-Becher (1780–1850), 1818–1826 Member of the House of Commons for the Irish constituency of Mallow , in 1819 . Her husband was made Baronet , of Ballygiblin in the County of Cork , on September 30, 1831 . She died in 1872, leaving behind at least one son, Sir Henry Wrixon-Becher, 2nd Baronet (1826-1893).
literature
- O'Neill, Eliza . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Volume 20, London 1911, p. 111.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Index of MPs since 1660 at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- ↑ Baronetage at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Neill, Eliza |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Neill, Elizabeth; Lady Wrixon mug, Eliza |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drogheda , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1872 |