The Dresser

The Dresser

118 mins | Drama | Dec. 6, 1983

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 Dresser

118 mins | Drama | Dec. 6, 1983

The Dresser
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Dresser
Directors Peter Yates
Writers Ronald Harwood

Cast

Albert Finney

as Sir

Tom Courtenay

as Norman

Edward Fox

as Oxenby

Zena Walker

as Her Ladyship

Eileen Atkins

as Madge

Michael Gough

as Frank Carrington

Cathryn Harrison

as Irene

Betty Marsden

as Violet Manning

Sheila Reid

as Lydia Gibson

Lockwood West

as Geoffrey Thornton

Donald Eccles

as Mr. Godstone

Llewellyn Rees

as Horace Brown

Guy Manning

as Benton

Anne Blackman

as Beryl

Kevin Stoney

as C. Rivers Lane

Ann Way

as Miss White

John Sharp

as Mr. Bottomley

Kathy Staff

as Bombazine Woman

Roger Avon

as Charles

Christopher Irvin

as Evelyn the Airman

Stuart Richman

as Evelyn's Friend

Sandra Gough

as Actress on Station

Joe Belcher

as Arthur

Johnny Maxfield

as Electrician

Paul Luty

as Stallkeeper

Lori Wells

as Barmaid

Alan Starkey

as Train Guard

Ralph G. Morse

as Man at Station (uncredited)