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The Dresser

The Dresser

What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.

19836.81h 58m

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.

Directed by Peter Yates
Written by Ronald Harwood
Produced by Peter Yates, Ronald Harwood
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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

Sheila Reid

Sheila Reid

Lydia Gibson

Lockwood West

Lockwood West

Geoffrey Thornton

Themes & Keywords

alcoholismbackstagelgbtpost world war iimake updrunkenness

About The Dresser

The Dresser is a drama film released in 1983 exploring themes of alcoholism, backstage, lgbt, post world war ii, make up, drunkenness. Directed by Peter Yates, it stars Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox. 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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