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#100 Box Office Hit of 1983

The Dresser (1983)

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

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.

Cast

  • Albert Finney

    Sir

    Albert Finney

  • Tom Courtenay

    Norman

    Tom Courtenay

  • Edward Fox

    Oxenby

    Edward Fox

  • Zena Walker

    Her Ladyship

    Zena Walker

  • Eileen Atkins

    Madge

    Eileen Atkins

  • Michael Gough

    Frank Carrington

    Michael Gough

  • Cathryn Harrison

    Irene

    Cathryn Harrison

  • Betty Marsden

    Violet Manning

    Betty Marsden

  • Sheila Reid

    Lydia Gibson

    Sheila Reid

  • Lockwood West

    Geoffrey Thornton

    Lockwood West

  • Mr. Godstone

    Donald Eccles

  • Llewellyn Rees

    Horace Brown

    Llewellyn Rees

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