STAGE BEAUTY
by Richard Eyre
synopsis
It is 1661, and Edward Knyaston is theatre land's most famous "leading lady". Overnight his life is shattered by the Reformation law, which forbids an actor to play women on stage. Seemingly headed for the bottom of a bottle, it is up to his lovelorn dresser Maria to teach him what it means to be a man again.
| international title: | Stage Beauty |
| original title: | Stage Beauty |
| country: | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| sales agent: | Icon Entertainment International |
| year: | 2004 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Richard Eyre |
| film run: | 110' |
| release date: | UK 03/09/2004, SE 12/11/2004, NL 02/12/2004, BE 08/12/2004, FR 02/05/2005, GR 18/03/2005, ES 08/04/2005, IT 06/05/2005, DE 29/09/2005, AT 16/12/2005 |
| screenplay: | Jeffrey Hatcher |
| cast: | Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths, Edward Fox |
| cinematography by: | Andrew Dunn |
| film editing: | Tariq Anwar |
| art director: | Caroline Smith |
| costumes designer: | Tim Hatley |
| music: | George Fenton |
| producer: | Hardy Justice, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro |
| production: | Qwerty Films, N1 European Film Produktions-GmbH & Co. KG, Working Title Films, BBC Film (UK), Artisan Entertainment (USA) |
| distributor: | A-Film (NL), Filmax S.A. (ES), Haut et Court (FR), Mikado (IT) |
