Summer Theater Festival Film Festival: Licensed to Thrill

Summer Theater Festival (SST)

Licenced to Thrill

Licenced to Thrill focuses on the Restoration period's fascination with rakes, libertines, and sexual/social liberation, and features post-film discussions led by Stanford faculty and SST Company members.

Stage Beauty (2004) - July 3

The “second sex” takes center stage when the restored monarch Charles II lifts the ban on female performers, in Richard Eyre's moving film.

Restoration(1995) - July 10

Enamored of the King's mistress, a naïve doctor finds himself embroiled in a battle between science and superstition in Michael Hoffman's visually stunning film.

The Draughstman's Contract (1982) - July 17

A young English noblewoman barters sex for service in Peter Greenaway's provocative work

The Libertine (2005) - July 24

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester — the most notorious of Restoration rakes — provides the subject of Laurence Dunmore's astonishing film.

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) - July 31

Moving to France, we follow the adventures of man known for his nose as well as his wit (and rapier) in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's classic.

Vatel (2000) - August 7

The steward Vatel frenetically prepares for Louis XIV's arrival at a country chateau in Roland Joffe's charmer.

Molière (1978) - August 14

A street urchin grows into the most famous wit of Louis's court — and France's greatest playwright — in Ariane Mnouchkine's superb movie.

Ridicule (1996) - August 21

A young man learns that sharp wit is the key to open any door at Versailles in Patrice Leconte's clever film.

Monday evenings, July 3 - August 21, 7:00 PM

Cubberley Auditorium (School of Education)

Featuring post-film discussions led by Stanford faculty and the SST company.