Stage Beauty
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Eyre
Rupert Everett
Stephen Marcus
Edward Fox
John Tannen
Richard Griffiths
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It's the 1660s, and Edward 'Ned' Kynaston is England's most celebrated leading lady. Women are forbidden to appear on stage and Ned profits, using his beauty and skill to make the great female roles his own. But King Charles II is tired of seeing the same old performers in the same old tragedies. Since no one will take him up on his suggestion to improve Othello with a couple of good jokes, he decides to liven the royal palate by allowing real women to tread the boards. In a slightly less progressive spirit, he rules that men may no longer play women's parts. This is good news for the monarch's mistress, the saucy, stage-struck Nell Gwyn. It is also good news for Maria, Kynaston's lovelorn young dresser who has been secretly performing at a seedy tavern in lavish costumes borrowed from her employer. It is very bad news for Ned, who plummets from his exalted position as one of London's most desirable females to become a virtual nobody, virtually overnight. Cast out of the spotlight, Ned seems headed for burlesque obscurity until Maria, now a rising star, takes it upon herself to make a man of him again.
Director
Richard Eyre
Cast
Rupert Everett
Stephen Marcus
Edward Fox
John Tannen
Richard Griffiths
Hermione Gulliford
Robin Dunn
Mark Letheren
Isabella Calthorpe
Fenella Woolgar
Jack Kempton
Ben Chaplin
Madeleine Worrall
Nick Barber
Andy Merchant
Tom Wilkinson
Alice Eve
Zoe Tapper
Clare Higgins
Hugh Bonneville
Tom Hollander
Billy Crudup
John Street
Derek Hutchinson
Claire Danes
Crew
Christopher Ackland
Lucy Ainsworth-taylor
Nicolas Aithadi
Geoffrey Alexander
Jonathan Allen
Tony Allen
Joseph Alley
Tariq Anwar
Tariq Anwar
Alexandra Arlango
Vanessa Baker
Philip Ball
Ben Barker
Nicola Barnes
Sebastian Barraclough
Steve Benelisha
Les Benson
Beverly Binda
Steve Boag
Peter Bond
David Boulton
Brian Bovingdon
Harry Bowers
Sue Bradbury
John Brien
Stuart Brisdon
Anthony Brookman
Gareth Bull
Martin Bullard
Sonny Burdis
Peter Burgis
Jayne Buxton
Paul Carpenter
Paul Carr
Matt Chisholm
Nadeem Chugtai
Ricky Churchouse
Paul Clancy
Megan Clark
Jane Clarke
Jim Clay
Colin Codner
Rachel Cohen
Graham Cole
Peter Collins
Clive Coote
Sophie Cornet
Benjamin Croce
Chris Cullum
Martin Cunningham
Matt Curtis
Julie Dartnell
Christopher Day
Robert De Niro
Tom Delmar
Steve Dent
Andie Derrick
Fayre Do's
Graham Dollery
Brendan Donnison
Thomas Doran
Michael Dreyer
Gill Ducker
Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn
Steve Dunn
Steve Earner
Jason Ellis
John Ensby
Richard Eyre
George Fenton
George Fenton
Michael Finlay
Gavin Fitch
Robert Flint
Celestia Fox
Collin Gallagher
Kerrie Gant
Sam Goldie
Oliver Goodier
Heidi Gower
Sally Grace
Jim Greenhorn
Alan Grenham
Isobel Griffiths
Georg Grohmann
Dave Gurney
Mark Haddenham
Martin Harrison
Steve Harrow
Jeffrey Hatcher
Jeffrey Hatcher
Tim Hatley
Michael Hayes
Ruth Hodgson
Robert Hooker
Vandra Howard
Paul Humbles
Dave Humphries
Malcolm Huse
Barnaby Inman
Craig Irving
Lee Isgar
John Ivall
Nicole Jacob
Joseph Jayawardena
Alex Johnson
Helen Johnson
Karen Jones
Hardy Justice
Mark Keeling
David Keen
Mark Kenna
Eddy Kolkiewicz
Kevin Kolovich
Michael Kuhn
Mark Lafbery
Douglas Larmour
Dave Lawson
Gabrielle Le Rasle
Darren Leen
Amanda Leggatt
Ronald Leighton
Jane Leonard
Kevin Lloyd
Dave Lowery
Claire Lundberg
Cathal Macilwaine
Scarlett Mackmin
Amir Malin
Tom Martin
Fiona Mccann
Philip Mcdonald
James Mcgee
John Mcgee
Finn Mcgrath
Eamon Mcloughlin
Ronald Meeks
Andy Middleton
Sheila Fraser Milne
Mark Milsome
Mark Milsome
Steve Mitchard
Steve Mitchell
Lew Morgan
Peter Mounsey
Neil Murrum
Onkar Narang
Barry O'brien
Roy O'brien
Kevin O'shea
Caroline Olcesi
David Otzen
Caroline Oxley-mcleod
Craig Parratt
Janine Pauke
Michael Pelham
Jason Phelps
Sam Phillips
Emma De Polnay
Tim Porter
Nadine Powell
Steve Price
Sue Quinn
Khadeeja Rafique
Charlene Richards
Malcolm Richie
Tommy Roberts
Zoe Robertson
Andy Robinson
Steve Rogers
Ray Rose
Jane Rosenthal
Simon Sanderson
Simon Saunders
Georgina Sayer
Joan Schneider
Julian Scott
Gordon Seed
Garth Sewell
James Shirras
Bill Silcock
Saska Simpson
Keith Slote
Caroline Smith
David Smith
Dean Smith
Lesley Smith
Sally Jo Sousa
David Speirs
Jan Spoczynski
David Stachini
Richard Stachini
John Stanborough
James D. Stern
Chris Stoaling
Jeff Sullivan
Matthew Symonds
Jill Tandy
Deborah Taylor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 8, 2004
Released in United States October 15, 2004
Released in United States on Video March 8, 2005
Released in United States May 2004
Released in United States August 2004
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Closing Night) May 1-9, 2004.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 18-29, 2004
Released in United States Fall October 8, 2004
Released in United States October 15, 2004 (Los Angeles and San Francisco)
Released in United States on Video March 8, 2005
Released in United States May 2004 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Closing Night) May 1-9, 2004.)
Released in United States August 2004 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 18-29, 2004)
Co-winner of the 2004 award for Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking by the National Board of Review (NBR).
