Lee Durkee is the latest to doubt
McNeil's existence. Lee emailed me about John Lyly - yes he did! - and I wrote back
how much my friend McNeil likes Lyly. Lee replied, "I thought McNeil was fictional, a second self of yours." (The accompanying photo is not McNeil. OR IS IT? No, it seems to be from a
60s production of Lyly's ENDYMION.)
This "link," however, contains irrefutable photographic evidence of McNeil, though
this one is richer in atmospheric detail, including many minor personal disagreements I likely would not have with myself. Let me add the fact that
McNeil looks exactly like boxing trainer Freddie Roach. Would I make that up?