Stage Beauty (2004)

Directed by

Richard Eyre

Genre

drama film, comedy film, biographical film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 147 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Restoration-era actor who specializes in playing women on stage faces a professional upheaval when King Charles II decrees that female roles must now be played by women. He struggles to adapt to this new reality while forming a complex relationship with his former dresser who is becoming a rising actress.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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