The Dresser (1983)

  • PG
  • 12/06/1983 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 58m

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

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.

Peter Yates

Director

Ronald Harwood

Screenplay

Cast

Albert Finney's headshot

Albert Finney

Sir
Tom Courtenay's headshot

Tom Courtenay

Norman
Edward Fox's headshot

Edward Fox

Oxenby
Zena Walker's headshot

Zena Walker

Her Ladyship
Eileen Atkins's headshot

Eileen Atkins

Madge
Michael Gough's headshot

Michael Gough

Frank Carrington
Cathryn Harrison's headshot

Cathryn Harrison

Irene
Betty Marsden's headshot

Betty Marsden

Violet Manning

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