TMDb Rating
6.7/10
77 verified votes
The Dresser (1983)
Drama
118 min
"What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy."
Plot 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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Keywords to include
DramaPeter YatesAlbert FinneyTom Courtenay1983
Director
Peter Yates
Top Cast
Albert FinneyTom CourtenayEdward FoxZena WalkerEileen Atkins
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