The Dresser
- Released on
- Runtime
- 118 mins
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.
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 Finney
- Tom Courtenay
- Edward Fox
- Zena Walker
- Eileen Atkins
- Michael Gough
- Cathryn Harrison
- Betty Marsden
- Sheila Reid
- Lockwood West
- Donald Eccles
- Llewellyn Rees
- Guy Manning
- Anne Blackman
- Kevin Stoney
- Ann Way
- John Sharp
- Kathy Staff
- Roger Avon
- Christopher Irvin
- Stuart Richman
- Sandra Gough
- Joe Belcher
- Johnny Maxfield
- Paul Luty
- Lori Wells
- Alan Starkey
- Ralph G. Morse
Director
- Peter Yates
Producers
- Ronald Harwood
- Peter Yates
Screenwriter
- Ronald Harwood
