Stage Beauty

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Stage Beauty
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R,1hr 50min
Released:
October 8, 2004
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Lions Gate Films
Synopsis: 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 when it was considered unseemly for women to work as thespians, Kynaston specialized in female roles, and was described by one ... Full Synopsis
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Metascore
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64
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Ned Kynaston
Maria, Maria Hughes
King Charles II
Betterton, Thomas Betterton
Photos
Claire Danes attends the 3rd Annual Tribeca Film Festival premiere of "Stage Beauty."
Claire Danes attends the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival premiere of "Stage Beauty."
Claire Danes at the Stage Beauty premiere in New York City on October 04, 2004
LEAVE INACTIVE - JS at the Stage Beauty premiere in New York City on October 04, 2004
LEAVE INACTIVE - JS at the Stage Beauty premiere in New York City on October 04, 2004
Robert DeNiro and Grace Hightower at the Stage Beauty premiere in New York City on October 04, 2004
Robert DeNiro and Grace Hightower at the Stage Beauty premiere in New York City on October 04, 2004
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