The Dresser

The Dresser

1983
1h 58m
6.8

6.8/10

78 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

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

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

alcoholism backstage lgbt post world war ii make up drunkenness

Quick Facts

Release Date December 6, 1983
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0085461

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

Key Crew

Peter Yates
Director
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Ronald Harwood
Producer
Peter Yates
Producer