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The Dresser

“What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.”

★ 6.8 TMDB Rating · 84 votes

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
Release date
Dec 6, 1983
Original language
English
Origin
United States, United Kingdom

Cast of The Dresser

  • Portrait of Albert Finney

    Albert Finney

    Sir

  • Portrait of Tom Courtenay

    Tom Courtenay

    Norman

  • Portrait of Edward Fox

    Edward Fox

    Oxenby

  • Portrait of Zena Walker

    Zena Walker

    Her Ladyship

  • Portrait of Eileen Atkins

    Eileen Atkins

    Madge

  • Portrait of Michael Gough

    Michael Gough

    Frank Carrington

  • Portrait of Cathryn Harrison

    Cathryn Harrison

    Irene

  • Portrait of Betty Marsden

    Betty Marsden

    Violet Manning

  • Portrait of Sheila Reid

    Sheila Reid

    Lydia Gibson

  • Portrait of Lockwood West

    Lockwood West

    Geoffrey Thornton

  • Donald Eccles

    Mr. Godstone

  • Portrait of Llewellyn Rees

    Llewellyn Rees

    Horace Brown

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