The Dresser
1983 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom
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.
Direction Peter Yates
Cast Albert Finney · Tom Courtenay · Edward Fox · Eileen Atkins · Michael Gough · Zena Walker
Soundtrack James Horner
Screenplay Ronald Harwood
Cinematography Kevin Pike
Original title The Dresser
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