The Dresser

The Dresser

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

1983 en 118 minutes

Rating: 6.7

Plot

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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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

Donald Eccles

Donald Eccles

Mr. Godstone

Llewellyn Rees

Llewellyn Rees

Horace Brown

Guy Manning

Guy Manning

Benton

Anne Blackman

Anne Blackman

Beryl

Kevin Stoney

Kevin Stoney

C. Rivers Lane

Ann Way

Ann Way

Miss White

John Sharp

John Sharp

Mr. Bottomley

Kathy Staff

Kathy Staff

Bombazine Woman

Roger Avon

Roger Avon

Charles

Christopher Irvin

Christopher Irvin

Evelyn the Airman

Stuart Richman

Stuart Richman

Evelyn's Friend

Sandra Gough

Sandra Gough

Actress on Station

Joe Belcher

Joe Belcher

Arthur

Johnny Maxfield

Johnny Maxfield

Electrician

Paul Luty

Paul Luty

Stallkeeper

Lori Wells

Lori Wells

Barmaid

Alan Starkey

Alan Starkey

Train Guard

Ralph G. Morse

Ralph G. Morse

Man at Station (uncredited)

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