i have to tell you i be completely blow away by jeffrey hatcher film adaption of his own play stage beauty . it a wonderful recreation of restoration stuart great britain and it deal with an innovation for the english speaking world . picture charles stuart come back to the united kingdom to claim his rightful throne . historian by the way have be fascinate with how he be able to do it so easily with minimal bloodshed . even more fascinated how oliver cromwell lord protectorate just collapse within two year of his death . up until the reign of charles i and woman be not on stage all part be play by men in drag . after the puritan take over the country and the theater itself be ban . among other thing that charles ii do when he come to the throne be restore the theater . stage beauty be jeffrey hatcher account of how charles ii open the profession for woman as well . rupert everett be a marvelous charles ii who among other thing do enjoy the theater . mr. hatcher be very good in show for today audience the relationship of charles ii with the duke of clarendon play here by james fox . the banquet scene be brilliantly do . clarendon be a faithful and loyal supporter of the stuart house and go into exile because of his loyalty . charles do feel he owe him and he be the first chief minister that he have . but clarendon be an old fashioned guy and be quite ready to clap claire dane in jail for presume to enter a forbidden profession . but charles overrule clarendon a he do many time and open the theater to woman . a you can gather and he and clarendon come to a parting of the way and but that a subject for another film . stage beauty concern not only charles ii decision but it impact on two people . claire dane be the stage dresser to billy crudup and a gay man who specialize in female role and his favorite be desdemona in othello . claire do open the profession for woman and but it cost billy crudup his job and he reduce to play in bawdier unlicensed sort of entertainment and the kind claire have be do previously . dane and crudup play against each other beautifully on the screen and in real life since they team up in real life after this film be finish . also look for a nice performance by tom wilkinson a the actor who play othello to crudup desdemona . open the stage to woman be a groundbreaking an event in it time a rosie the riveteer in the 20th century . stage beauty beautifully capture the moment .