Stage Beauty
Summary:
The true story of two performers whose careers were changed forever by a shift in gender roles on the British stage comes to the screen in this adaptation of the play +Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher. In London, in the latter half of the 17th century, Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) is a noted star of the legitimate theater with an unusual specialty -- at a time wh... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Billy Crudup - (Ned Kynaston)
Claire Danes - (Maria Hughes)
Rupert Everett - (King Charles II)
Tom Wilkinson - (Thomas Betterton)
Ben Chaplin - (George Villars, Duke of Buckingham)
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Review:
Jeffrey Hatcher's play +Compleat Female Stage Beauty tackles a period of British history that's ripe with gender and social interest, yet had not been revisited from a modern perspective: the lifting of the ban on female actors, and the consequences to the men who specialized in playing female roles. For audiences, the issue has 20th century p... Continue >>
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