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Stage Beauty is a 2004 romantic period drama directed by Richard Eyre. The screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher is based on his play Compleat Female Stage Beauty , which was inspired by references to 17th-century actor Edward Kynaston made in the detailed private diary kept by Samuel Pepys .
- "Compleat Female Stage Beauty", by Jeffrey Hatcher
- George Fenton
- $2.2 million
Oct 29, 2004 · Stage Beauty: Directed by Richard Eyre. With Derek Hutchinson, Mark Letheren, Claire Danes, Billy Crudup. A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello.
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Oct 21, 2004 · Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) is a famous male actress who plays women's roles in the Restoration theater. When King Charles II (Rupert Everett) decrees that women shall perform as women, Ned loses his job and his lover Maria (Claire Danes) to a rival actress.
Oct 8, 2004 · Uneven but enjoyable, Stage Beauty uses historical events as the springboard for a well-acted romance with a charming Shakespearean spin. Humble Maria (Claire Danes), who outfits top London ...
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In Stuart Restoration king Charles II's reign, gay actor Ned Kynaston, a specialist in female parts, enjoys the favor of the public on stage and royal favorite George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham, in bed. But his dresser, Maria, secretly learned acting by observing him and started performing (illegally) in a tavern.
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Stage Beauty. Ned's performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's ''Othello'' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage." That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women's roles. 433 IMDb 7.1 1 h 49 min 2004.
Apr 21, 2004 · Stage Beauty is a playful and witty comedy about performing, falling in love and trying to find out who you are. From Richard Eyre, the director of Notes on a Scandal and Iris. Claire Danes in ...
