Film

The Dresser

1983 · 1h 58m · Drama

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

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

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

• Peter YatesDirector · Producer
• Ronald HarwoodScreenplay · Producer
• Kelvin PikeDirector of Photography
• James HornerOriginal Music Composer
• Ray LovejoyEditor

Release date

December 6, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

PG

Genres

Drama

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