Movie
The Dresser
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
19831h 58m★ 6.8Drama
Overview
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
Director
- Peter Yates
Writers
- Ronald Harwood
Producers
- Peter Yates
- Ronald Harwood
Where to watch
Region: US · via JustWatch / TMDB
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Top cast
Albert Finney
Sir
Tom Courtenay
Norman
Edward Fox
Oxenby
Zena Walker
Her Ladyship
Eileen Atkins
Madge
Michael Gough
Frank Carrington
Cathryn Harrison
Irene
Betty Marsden
Violet Manning
Sheila Reid
Lydia Gibson
Lockwood West
Geoffrey Thornton
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Donald Eccles
Mr. Godstone
Llewellyn Rees
Horace Brown
