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What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy. - The Dresser
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Title: The Dresser

Release Date: 6 Dec 1983

Runtime: 1h 58m

Genre: Drama

Director: Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.7 (68 votes)

Cast

  • Sir: Albert Finney
  • Norman: Tom Courtenay
  • Oxenby: Edward Fox
  • Her Ladyship: Zena Walker
  • Madge: Eileen Atkins
  • Frank Carrington: Michael Gough
  • Irene: Cathryn Harrison
  • Violet Manning: Betty Marsden
  • Lydia Gibson: Sheila Reid
  • Geoffrey Thornton: Lockwood West
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