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Stage Beauty (2004) -- A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desedmona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Stage Beauty (2004) -- A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desedmona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Stage Beauty (2004) -- A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desedmona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
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User Rating:
7.1/10   5,348 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jeffrey Hatcher (play)
Jeffrey Hatcher (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 September 2004 (UK) more
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She was the first of her kind. He was the last of his.
Plot:
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desedmona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced? full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
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(11 articles)
A Paranormal number of flops
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 8 December 2009, 9:02 AM, PST)

Ask the Flying Monkey! (May 27, 2009)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Derek Hutchinson ... Stage Manager
Mark Letheren ... Male Emilia / Dickie

Claire Danes ... Maria

Billy Crudup ... Ned Kynaston

Tom Wilkinson ... Betterton

Ben Chaplin ... George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham

Hugh Bonneville ... Samuel Pepys
Jack Kempton ... Call Boy
Alice Eve ... Miss Frayne
Fenella Woolgar ... Lady Meresvale

David Westhead ... Harry
Nick Barber ... Nick

Stephen Marcus ... Thomas Cockerell
Richard Griffiths ... Sir Charles Sedley
Zoe Tapper ... Nell Gwynn
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Compleat Female Stage Beauty (UK) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content and language.
Runtime:
106 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
King Charles II, played by Rupert Everett, speaks of the Puritan revolt and his father's, Charles I, execution, during dinner at the Palace. Everett played Charles I a year previously in To Kill a King (2003). more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Pepys is telling Kynaston to play a man's role, Kynaston's lips are out of sync with his speech in some shots. more
Quotes:
Nell Gwynn: Charlie boy, where's his toy? Oh, your Majesty, let me see the crown! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Daily Show: (2004-10-21)" (2004) more

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32 out of 53 people found the following comment useful.
Screen Beauty, 27 April 2005
7/10
Author: arichmondfwc from United States

Billy Crudup is an actor I follow with feverish anticipation. I saw him for the first time on Broadway, about 10 years ago, in a Stoppard play. It was love at first sight. A sensual, magnetic, beautiful man. "Jesus Son" "Waking the Dead" and "Almost Famous" confirmed my initial impression. Here we have an actor for the ages. A unique, monumental talent. "Stage Beauty" however, gives me pause. Billy is entrusted with a bigger than life role and he comes out of it with a half cooked, self conscious, affected performance. He underlines every other line with a semi smile, a slight pressure of the mouth as if he didn't trust the power of his own delivery. It could be treated as a character trait if you've never seen Billy Crudup before but that tic belongs to the actor not to the character. I'm, of course, being a bit anal retentive. At his weakest, Billy is stronger than most but my expectations are so high that something like that would throw me out of my involvement with his character. The film as a whole is lovely and fun. The one most effective element is Rupert Everett's performance as Charles II, his best - an that is saying a lot - in many, many moons. Comparasions with "Shakespeare in Love" are unavoidable but totally misguiding. See it for what it is and you'll enjoy it thoroughly.

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