Stage Beauty
110 minutes,
UK/USA/Germany (2004), 15
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(4.2 / 16 votes)
(4.2 / 16 votes)
Restoration costume drama from the director of Iris about the top male "actress" of the day who finds himself out of work when changes to the law allow women to perform on stage. Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, and Rupert Everett star
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Stage Beauty: "The most beautiful woman on the London stage," was Samuel Pepys' verdict on Restoration star Edward "Ned" Kynaston. Little else is known about the actor, but director Richard Eyre uses Pepys' assessment as a jumping off point for this witty, sophisticated costume drama about gender confusion, jealousy, insecurity, and the devious behind-the-scenes machinations of the English theatre...
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