The Dresser (1983)
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
- Drama
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.
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (84 votes)
- Release date
- December 6, 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Peter Yates
- Status
- Released
Top cast
Albert FinneySir
Tom CourtenayNorman
Edward FoxOxenby
Zena WalkerHer Ladyship
Eileen AtkinsMadge
Michael GoughFrank Carrington
Cathryn HarrisonIrene
Betty MarsdenViolet Manning
Sheila ReidLydia Gibson
Lockwood WestGeoffrey Thornton
Donald EcclesMr. Godstone
Llewellyn ReesHorace Brown
