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

Norman

Oxenby

Her Ladyship

Madge

Frank Carrington

Irene

Violet Manning

Lydia Gibson

Geoffrey Thornton

Mr. Godstone

Horace Brown

Benton
Beryl
C. Rivers Lane

Miss White
Mr. Bottomley
Bombazine Woman

Charles

Evelyn the Airman
Evelyn's Friend
Actress on Station
Arthur
Electrician
Stallkeeper
Barmaid
Train Guard
Man at Station (uncredited)