Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

106 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 3, 2004

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.

Stage Beauty

106 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 3, 2004

Stage Beauty
Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Lions Gate Films
Original title Stage Beauty
Directors Richard Eyre
Writers Jeffrey Hatcher

Cast

Claire Danes

as Maria

Billy Crudup

as Ned Kynaston

Derek Hutchinson

as Stage Manager

Mark Letheren

as Male Emelia/Dickie

Tom Wilkinson

as Betterton

Ben Chaplin

as George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham

Hugh Bonneville

as Samuel Pepys

Fenella Woolgar

as Lady Meresvale

Richard Griffiths

as Sir Charles Sedley

Clare Higgins

as Mistress Revels

Rupert Everett

as King Charles II

Tom Hollander

as Sir Peter Lely

Edward Fox

as Sir Edward Hyde

Jack Kempton

as Call Boy

David Westhead

as Harry

Nick Barber

as Nick

Stephen Marcus

as Thomas Cockerell

Zoë Tapper

as Nell Gwynn

Isabella Calthorpe

as Lady Jane Bellamy

Alice Eve

as Miss Frayne