
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.

William Farnum

Peggy Shaw

Holmes Herbert

Mario Carillo

Paul McAllister

Etienne Girardot

Bernard Siegel

Florence Ashbrooke

America Chedister

Hal De Forrest

Edward Kipling

Harry Gripp

Augustus Balfour

Jack Collins

Cuyler Supplee

Edward Boring

Myrta Bonillas

Paula Shay

Viva Verome

Ruth D. Goodwin