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Stage Beauty

First Released: May 2004

Stage Beauty
George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham (Ben Chaplin) and Samuel Pepys (Hugh Bonneville)

Feature film. Released in UK on 3rd September 2004.

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

Hugh plays Samuel Pepys.

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Writer:
Jeffrey Hatcher
Cast:
Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson
Director:
Richard Eyre
Producer:
Robert De Niro; Hardy Justice; Jane Rosenthal
Production Co:
Returning Productions
Awards:
Cambridge Film Festival 2004: Best Film (Audience Award)
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