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The Dresser (1983)

PG ★ 6.8/10 118 min Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Peter Yates
Screenplay by: Ronald Harwood
Theatre Play: Ronald Harwood
Streaming: Not available
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.

Description

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.

Top Cast

Albert Finney
Albert Finney Sir
Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay Norman
Edward Fox
Edward Fox Oxenby
Zena Walker
Zena Walker Her Ladyship
Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins Madge
Michael Gough
Michael Gough Frank Carrington
Cathryn Harrison
Cathryn Harrison Irene
Betty Marsden
Betty Marsden Violet Manning

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