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Film / 1983
The Dresser
Directed by
Peter Yates
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.
The story
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.
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
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Guy ManningBenton
Anne BlackmanBeryl
Kevin StoneyC. Rivers Lane
Ann WayMiss White
John SharpMr. Bottomley
Kathy StaffBombazine Woman
Roger AvonCharles
Christopher IrvinEvelyn the Airman
Stuart RichmanEvelyn's Friend
Sandra GoughActress on Station
Joe BelcherArthur
Johnny MaxfieldElectrician
Paul LutyStallkeeper
Lori WellsBarmaid
Alan StarkeyTrain Guard
Ralph G. MorseMan at Station (uncredited)
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