
A silent film about the famous Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, whose life intertwines with a young woman, Anna Damby, and Countess Koefeld. Kean, inspired by the Countess, becomes entangled in a plot involving Anna, her guardian, and a roué named Lord Melville. The story culminates in a benefit performance where Kean's passionate denouncement of the Prince of Wales leads to his downfall.

as Edmund Kean

as Anna Damby

as Prince of Wales

as Lord Melville

as Count Koefeld

as Salomon

as Mr. Sleeker

as Mrs. Bob

as Lady Anne Boyle

as Old Bob

as Darious - hairdresser

as John - prizefighter

as Stage Manager

as Bardolph

as Tom

as Needles - spy

as Countess Koefeld

as Amy, Countess of Goswill

as Gidsa

as Littly Emily