Drama · United Kingdom · 1983 · 1h 58m

The Dresser

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Director
Peter Yates
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
Crew
Kelvin Pike — Director of Photography Ray Lovejoy — Editor James Horner — Original Music Composer Ronald Harwood — Screenplay Ronald Harwood — Producer Peter Yates — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
alcoholismbackstagelgbtpost world war iimake updrunkenness
Key Collaborators
Peter Yates Director Kelvin Pike Director of Photography Ray Lovejoy Editor James Horner Original Music Composer Ronald Harwood Screenplay Ronald Harwood Producer Peter Yates Producer Stephen B. Grimes Production Design
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