The Dresser

The Dresser (1983)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1983-12-06
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 71 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Peter Yates
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Summary

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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  • 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

  • Cathryn Harrison

    as Irene

  • Betty Marsden

    as Violet Manning

  • Sheila Reid

    as Lydia Gibson

  • Lockwood West

    as Geoffrey Thornton

  • Donald Eccles

    as Mr. Godstone

  • Llewellyn Rees

    as Horace Brown

  • Guy Manning

    as Benton

  • Anne Blackman

    as Beryl

  • Kevin Stoney

    as C. Rivers Lane

  • Ann Way

    as Miss White

  • John Sharp

    as Mr. Bottomley

  • Kathy Staff

    as Bombazine Woman

  • Roger Avon

    as Charles

  • Christopher Irvin

    as Evelyn the Airman

  • Stuart Richman

    as Evelyn's Friend

  • Sandra Gough

    as Actress on Station

  • Joe Belcher

    as Arthur

  • Johnny Maxfield

    as Electrician

  • Paul Luty

    as Stallkeeper

  • Lori Wells

    as Barmaid

  • Alan Starkey

    as Train Guard

  • Ralph G. Morse

    as Man at Station (uncredited)
Directing Peter Yates Director
Sound John Hayward Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Barbara Ritchie Hairstylist
Sound Peter Pennell Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Alan Brownie Assistant Makeup Artist
Sound Malcolm Davies Sound
Sound John Chandler Boom Operator
Sound Matthew Launay Sound
Costume & Make-Up Joan White Hairdresser
Sound Stephen Janisz Assistant Sound Editor
Writing Ronald Harwood Screenplay
Production Nigel Wooll Associate Producer
Writing Ronald Harwood Theatre Play
Art Stephen B. Grimes Production Design
Camera Kelvin Pike Director of Photography
Production Ronald Harwood Producer
Editing Ray Lovejoy Editor
Production Peter Yates Producer
Art Josie MacAvin Set Decoration
Art Colin Grimes Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Alan Boyle Makeup Artist
Sound David John Sound Mixer
Sound James Horner Original Music Composer

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