Stage Beauty

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British-American film film period drama film

Stage Beauty is a 2004 period drama film about gender roles and theater in 17th-century England, directed by Richard Eyre and known for its exploration of the transition from male to female actors on the London stage.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British-American film → film → period drama film →
basedOn	Compleat Female Stage Beauty → play →
castMember	Ben Chaplin → Billy Crudup → Claire Danes → Claire Higgins → Richard Griffiths → Rupert Everett → Tom Wilkinson → Zoe Tapper →
characterRole	King Charles II → Maria → Ned Kynaston → Samuel Pepys →
cinematography	Andrew Dunn →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom → United States →
depicts	Restoration of the English monarchy → ban on women acting being lifted →
director	Richard Eyre →
distributor	Lions Gate Films →
editor	Tariq Anwar →
genre	drama film → period drama film → romantic drama film →
hasTagline	She was the first woman to act on the stage. He was the last man to act as a woman. →
mainSubject	Restoration theatre → gender roles → theatre →
musicBy	George Fenton →
narrativeFocus	transition from male to female actors on the English stage →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Hardy Justice → Jane Rosenthal NERFINISHED → Robert De Niro →
publicationDate	2004 →
releaseEvent	world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival →
releaseYear	2004 →
runtime	110 minutes →
screenwriter	Jeffrey Hatcher →
settingPlace	London →
settingTime	17th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tariq Anwar →	editedFilm
Tariq Anwar →	notableWork