The Dresser
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
1983-12-06 | 118 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Albert FinneySir
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Tom CourtenayNorman
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Edward FoxOxenby
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Zena WalkerHer Ladyship
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Eileen AtkinsMadge
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Michael GoughFrank Carrington
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Cathryn HarrisonIrene
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Betty MarsdenViolet Manning
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Sheila ReidLydia Gibson
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Lockwood WestGeoffrey Thornton
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Donald EcclesMr. Godstone
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Llewellyn ReesHorace Brown
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Kevin StoneyC. Rivers Lane
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John SharpMr. Bottomley
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Kathy StaffBombazine Woman
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Roger AvonCharles
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