The Dresser

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.

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  • Release Date: 1983-12-06
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Director: Peter Yates

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Cast

  • 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

  • Donald Eccles

    Mr. Godstone

  • Llewellyn Rees

    Horace Brown

  • Guy Manning

    Benton

  • Anne Blackman

    Beryl

  • Kevin Stoney

    C. Rivers Lane

  • Ann Way

    Miss White

  • John Sharp

    Mr. Bottomley

  • Kathy Staff

    Bombazine Woman

  • Roger Avon

    Charles

  • Christopher Irvin

    Evelyn the Airman

  • Stuart Richman

    Evelyn's Friend

  • Sandra Gough

    Actress on Station

  • Joe Belcher

    Arthur

  • Johnny Maxfield

    Electrician

  • Paul Luty

    Stallkeeper

  • Lori Wells

    Barmaid

  • Alan Starkey

    Train Guard

  • Ralph G. Morse

    Man at Station (uncredited)

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