London 1660's, and actor Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup - Almost Famous) is sitting pretty; the brightest star in restoration theatre. Women are forbidden to appear on stage, so the beautiful, brazen Ned shines in all the great female roles. Maria (Claire Danes - Romeo + Juliet), his loyal dresser, looks on with admiration - and just a touch of envy.

But when Charles II (Rupert Everett - Shakespeare in Love) changes the law, banning cross-dressing male actors, it needs Ned's once-glittering career into freefall and gives Maria the chance to capture the role she's always dreamed of and make the man she's idolized from afar finally notice her., London 1660's, and actor Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup - Almost Famous) is sitting pretty; the brightest star in restoration theatre. Women are forbidden to appear on stage, so the beautiful, brazen Ned shines in all the great female roles. Maria (Claire Danes - Romeo + Juliet), his loyal dresser, looks on with admiration - and just a touch of envy.

But when Charles II (Rupert Everett - Shakespeare in Love) changes the law, banning cross-dressing male actors, it needs Ned's once-glittering career into freefall and gives Maria the chance to capture the role she's always dreamed of and make the man she's idolized from afar finally notice her.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Director Richard Eyre.
• Audio Descriptive Track.
• Setting the Stage: Behind the Scenes of Stage Beauty.
• Trailer.