The Dresser

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

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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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Cast

Albert Finney actor Tom Courtenay actor Edward Fox actor Zena Walker actor Eileen Atkins actor Michael Gough actor Cathryn Harrison actor Betty Marsden actor Sheila Reid actor

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Lockwood West actor

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Donald Eccles actor

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Llewellyn Rees actor

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Guy Manning actor

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Anne Blackman actor Kevin Stoney actor

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Ann Way actor

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John Sharp actor Kathy Staff actor

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Roger Avon actor

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Christopher Irvin actor