Stage Beauty

One imagines the pitch meeting was fairly straightforward. A cross-dressing actor finds his career threatened when women are allowed on stage. London's most celebrated Desdemona, Ned Kynaston, finds himself upstaged by a woman, Maria, who once assisted his act. It's a frothy period piece, and it certainly looks like one.

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Richard Eyre directed Stage Beauty in 2004. See Richard Eyre's full filmography, where to start with Richard Eyre, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Eyre.

Stage Beauty was released in 2004 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.