The Dresser
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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Drama
1983
118 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Dresser
- Duration : 118 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Ronald Harwood (screenplay)
- Directors : Peter Yates min
- Imdb : 7.7 (3438 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (1704 votes)
- Actors : Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Movie Storyline
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.