[2] It was screened at a charity benefit attended by the royal family, but was not widely distributed, and no copies are known to survive.

It parodies the sensationalism of the American film industry of the day, including a controversial earlier adaptation of Macbeth,[1] contrasting it with more reserved and understated British sensibilities.

'[1]The piano accompaniment for the closing scene of Macbeth and Macduff reconciling is "Life's Too Short to Quarrel".

Pauline Chase had been part of the original cast of Barrie's Peter Pan and played the title role for seven years; she came out of retirement for this, her only screen performance.

The film was presented at the London Coliseum as part of a benefit for the YMCA raising money to entertain the troops serving in the Great War.