Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, it was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York.

The film starred Paul Panzer as Romeo and Florence Lawrence as Juliet.

[2] The film presents a significantly abridged version of the Romeo and Juliet story.

As in the play, the film depicts Romeo dueling and killing Tybalt before fleeing on the advice of Friar Laurence.

As such, many parts of the plot are communicated only indirectly or elided--for example, although the film's ending depicts Friar Laurence in despair after the couple's death, it does not directly show a reconciliation between the Capulet and Montague families.