Compleat Female Stage Beauty (2004) - Movie Details - Cast & Crew, Photos & Trailer

movie details

A Artisan Entertainment Release
Compleat Female Stage Beauty (2004)

Cast & Crew Details	Production Photos
Related News	Trailer & Clips

Year of U.S. Release: 2004

Starring: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths, Edward Fox, Tom Hollander, Clare Higgins, Fenella Woolgar, Alice Eve, Zoe Tapper.

Director: Richard Eyre

Distributor: Artisan Entertainment

Genre(s): Drama

U.S. Release Date: TBA, 2004 (Estimated)

U.S. DVD Release Date: March 08, 2005

U.S. Box Office Total:

AllPosters.com

MovieGoods.com

Plot Summary:

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 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 the Cockpit Theatre 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 the end of the pier until Maria, now a rising star, takes it upon herself to make a man of him again.

Similar Movies:

The Holiday (2006) Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Jack Black. In writer/director Nancy Meyers' ''The Holiday'', two women on opposite sides of the globe, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) find themselves i... read more Doubt (2009) Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis, Amy Adams. In 1964, a nun confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student, and their ensuing arguments center on themes of religion, morality and authority. read more The Ice Harvest (2005) John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid. ''The Ice Harvest'' is a wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice. It's Christmas Eve in rainy, icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglis... read more jackass: number two (2006) Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius. Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and the entire crew from the popular MTV franchise return in the most insane movie of the year, ''jackass number two''. read more The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) Maria Bello, Jimmy Smits, Emily Blunt, Josh Lucas. The story centers on six Californians who join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangement... read more

Related Links:

AllPosters.com - Search for related movie posters and prints. Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Features plot summaries, reviews, cast lists and theater schedules. Wikipedia: hyperlinked synopsis of the movie. Movie Review Query Engine - Directory of movie reviews. Rotten Tomatoes - Features the consensus opinion of professional critics from across the nation.

Member Comments & Ratings

Avg. Member Rating: — out of 5.0 stars

Comments (0) | Login to rate movie | Message Boards

Toy Story in 3-D

2009

Bride of Frankenstein

asdasda

MOVIES COMING SOON

RocknRolla
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London�s criminal underworld wants in on the action. Everyone f... read more
Movie Info | Trailer | Buy Tickets Now!

Madagascar: Escape 2 A...
In the highly-anticipated sequel to "Madagascar," Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and the chimps find themselves marooned on the distan... read more
Movie Info | Trailer | Buy Tickets Now!

Saw V
The fifth installment in the "Saw" movie franchise. No additional plot details have been announced. read more
Movie Info | Trailer | Buy Tickets Now!

In Theaters This Week | Coming Soon | Further Out

e-mail this page \| printable format \| give feedback \| related rss	bookmark to: del.icio.us \| digg \| facebook \| furl \| technorati \| more...