The Dresser (1983)
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
1983 · PG · 1h 58m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Peter Yates
Writers: Ronald Harwood
Music by: James Horner
Cinematography: Kelvin Pike
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Rated 6.8/10 by 82 viewers
Cast
Albert Finney as SirTom Courtenay as NormanEdward Fox as OxenbyZena Walker as Her LadyshipEileen Atkins as MadgeMichael Gough as Frank CarringtonCathryn Harrison as IreneBetty Marsden as Violet ManningSheila Reid as Lydia GibsonLockwood West as Geoffrey ThorntonDonald Eccles as Mr. GodstoneLlewellyn Rees as Horace BrownMore like this
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