Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Eyre
Screenplay by	Jeffrey Hatcher
Based on	"Compleat Female Stage Beauty"; by Jeffrey Hatcher
Produced by	Robert De Niro; Hardy Justice; Jane Rosenthal;
Starring	Billy Crudup; Claire Danes; Rupert Everett; Tom Wilkinson; Ben Chaplin;
Cinematography	Andrew Dunn
Edited by	Tariq Anwar
Music by	George Fenton
Production; companies	Artisan Entertainment; Qwerty Films; TriBeCa Productions; Ni European Film Produktions-GmbH & Co. KG; BBC Films;
Distributed by	Senator Film; (Germany); Momentum Pictures; (United Kingdom); Lions Gate Films; (United States);
Release dates	8 May 2004 (Tribeca Film Festival); 3 September 2004 (UK); 8 October 2004 (US);
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	Germany; United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Box office	$2.2 million

Stage Beauty is a 2004 romantic period drama directed by Richard Eyre. The screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher is based on his play Compleat Female Stage Beauty, which was inspired by references to 17th-century actor Edward Kynaston made in the detailed private diary kept by Samuel Pepys.