The Dresser

The Dresser

6/12/1983 1h 58m 6.8/10

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.

Director

Peter Yates

Top Billed Cast

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Sir

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

Oxenby

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Frank Carrington

Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins

Madge

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Norman

Zena Walker

Zena Walker

Her Ladyship

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