Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

🎞️ Movie 106 min GB
โ˜… 7.1 /10 2004

She was the first of her kind. He was the last of his.

Based in the 1660's of London's theaters, this film is about the rules of gender roles in theatre production, and means to change them for everyone's benefit. Ned Kynaston is the assumedly gay cross-dressing actor who has been playing female parts in plays for years, particularly Desdemona in Othello, he also has a close relationship with a member of the Royal Court, the Duke of Buckingham. One day however, the rules of only men playing women could change when aspiring actress Maria auditions as Kynaston's praised role, Desdemona, and soon enough, King Charles II decides to make the law that all female roles should be played only by women. Maria becomes a star, while Ned finds himself out of work. But after a while, Ned finds it in his nature to forgive Maria's aspiration, they may even fall in love, and Charles may proclaim women will be played by either gender.

Cast

Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup
Ned Kynaston
Claire Danes
Claire Danes
Maria Hughes
Rupert Everett
Rupert Everett
King Charles II
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Derek Hutchinson
Stage Manager
Mark Letheren
Mark Letheren
Male Emilia
Mark Letheren
Mark Letheren
Dickie
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Betterton
Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin
George Villiers II - Duke of Buckingham
Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville
Samuel Pepys
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Jack Kempton
Call Boy
Alice Eve
Alice Eve
Miss Frayne
George Fenton
George Fenton
Composer
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Andrew Dunn
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

Stage Beauty HD Digital Trailer
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Stage Beauty HD Digital Trailer