简介:By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, plarly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Count..
By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, plarly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the ambassador of Denmark. Elena loves him too but hesitates to give up her rank in society and follow Kean. On the other hand, Anna, a rich heiress who refuses to marry Lord Mewill, the husband chosen by her parents, nfesses her love for Kean and decides to bee an actress like him... The aristocrats, outraged by Edmund's fligate ways, decide to boytt his performances and his career is broken. Kean does not rever from such a blow and, on a stormy night, dies in Elena's arms.展开