CinemaOSMovie · 1983 · 1h 58m · PG

The Dresser

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

68%(84)IMDbDrama

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.

Directed byPeter Yates

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 58m
Language
EN
Released
December 6, 1983
Studios
Columbia Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Peter Yates
Peter Yates
Written by
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Harwood
Produced by
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Harwood
Peter Yates
Peter Yates

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