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Compleat Female Stage Beauty: Bawdy, Historical Comedy-Drama

, Corner of Lyndale and Franklin (711 West Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55405)
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Full Price:
$22.00
Our Price:
$5.00 - $11.00*
4.8 by 21 members
When only men played women on England's theater stages circa 1661, Edward Kynaston reigned supreme as London's most celebrated leading lady. But when actress Margaret Hughes inspires King Charles II to allow actual females to take the stage, the king's own courtesan, Nell Gwynn, and Kynaston's former dresser, Maria, become stars, while Kynaston's career may be cut short -- spurring him down a path of revenge and reinvention. Local playwright Jeffrey Hatcher's hilarious, yet poignant play receives its regional premiere from Walking Shadow Theatre Company, and was also adapted into the film Stage Beauty with Billy Crudup and Claire Danes.

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The last date listed for Compleat Female Stage Beauty was Wednesday May 30, 2012 / 7:30pm.

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Corner of Lyndale and Franklin,
711 West Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-870-0723
N187950725909_2095

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5 reviews
5.0
attended May 21 2012

Absolutely delicious! Moving, funny, entertaining on many levels. Well acted, great technical elements (still swooning over the costuming). Will probably go see it again.

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5 reviews
5.0
attended May 27 2012

Extremely well done production. The acting, costumes, sound, use of the space... everything was very well done and this is easily one of the most enjoyable productions I've seen in the Mpls/St. Paul area and is a reminder of why I love living in this city!

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5 reviews
4.0
attended May 21 2012

Fantastic acting, lovely costumes, fascinating story very well-told.
Walking Shadow never disappoints.

My only complaint was that there was a floor light shining in my eyes at times because I was sitting on far house left.

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More Information About Compleat Female Stage Beauty

Website

http://www.walkingshadowcompany.org/

Quotes & Highlights

  • "a big and very enjoyable play full of chewy intellectual questions... Director John Heimbuch understands this play and its setting well... Vaughn digs into [his] meaty role with an actor's talons and claws. He creates a Kynaston of effete and supreme arrogance... He and Froiland bristle with realism as Othello and Desdemona."  --Star Tribune
  • "Walking Shadow Theatre Company is offering a smart local premiere of this tale, which, though set in the early 1600s, has plenty to say to contemporary audiences about gender roles, power and the passions that drive us... Wade A. Vaughn deftly trods a fine line between the actor who plays women with masterful affectation and the off-stage man whose life is significantly more nuanced." --Pioneer Press

About the Ticket Supplier: Walking Shadow Theatre Company

Since 2004, Walking Shadow Theatre Company has gained a reputation for creating well-staged and carefully researched independent theatre.