Stage beauty [DVD videorecording] Qwerty Films, Artisan Entertainment presents a Tribeca production in association with N1 European Film Produktions GmbH & Co. KG, BBC Films and Artisan Entertainment, a Richard Eyre film ; produced by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Hardy Justice ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher ; directed by Richard Eyre.
Edition:
Widescreen 16:9.
Publisher:
Artisan Entertainment : Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
DVD aspect ratio 1.78:1; 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital sound; Region 1. DVD. 1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ;
Special features include "Backstage Beauty: behind-the-scenes vignettes with interviews of the cast and crew", and a director commentary. MPAA rating: R; for sexual content and language. Based on the play "Compleat female stage beauty" by Jeffrey Hatcher. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths, Edward Fox, Zoèe Tapper.
Summary:
"Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself"
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