 The single reel drama , approximately 1 @,@ 000 feet long , was released on November 11 , 1910 . The film was originally planned to be released on November 4 , but it was delayed and some advertisements and later listings for the film give the erroneous date . The film received negative reviews in trade publications from even those which typically praised even the weaker productions . Though it was not well @-@ received , the production was not criticized as sharply as Avenged had been . Walton of The Moving Picture News stated that the film was " [ a ] very feeble echo on Anthony Hope . The throne room staging is ridiculous and so is the resolution . The flag @-@ waving business is feebly melodramatic . Princes , etc. don 't sit on that sort of chair . I 'm an admirer of Thanhouser , but this thing is straight , plain punk . In Europe it will be received as a Yankee joke . " The reviewer for The Moving Picture World was decidedly neutral , highlighting only the novelty of the plot and refraining from any criticism or praise of the merits of the production . The New York Dramatic Mirror was negative , but not scathing . The reviewer stated , " The narrative is very entertaining - or could be made so , if the producer had cared to trouble himself about details . In its present crude form , its wild impossibility rather grates upon a spectator , because every scene in the film has some inconsistency . At least , it was worth doing well . Unfortunately , neither the acting nor the mounting has any particular merit . " 
