The Dresser (1983)
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
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.
Rated
PG
Year
1983
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
6 December 1983
TMDB
6.8 (84)
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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
D
Donald Eccles
Mr. Godstone
Llewellyn Rees
Horace Brown
G
Guy Manning
Benton
A
Anne Blackman
Beryl
Kevin Stoney
C. Rivers Lane
A
Ann Way
Miss White
J
John Sharp
Mr. Bottomley
Kathy Staff
Bombazine Woman
Roger Avon
Charles
C
Christopher Irvin
Evelyn the Airman
S
Stuart Richman
Evelyn's Friend
S
Sandra Gough
Actress on Station
J
Joe Belcher
Arthur
J
Johnny Maxfield
Electrician
P
Paul Luty
Stallkeeper
L
Lori Wells
Barmaid
A
Alan Starkey
Train Guard
R
Ralph G. Morse
Man at Station (uncredited)
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