
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.
The Dresser
December 6, 1983
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Cast (28)

Albert Finney
Sir

Tom Courtenay
Norman

Edward Fox
Oxenby

Zena Walker
Her Ladyship

Eileen Atkins
Madge

Michael Gough
Frank Carrington

Cathryn Harrison
Irene

Betty Marsden
Violet Manning

Sheila Reid
Lydia Gibson

Lockwood West
Geoffrey Thornton

Donald Eccles
Mr. Godstone

Llewellyn Rees
Horace Brown

Guy Manning
Benton

Anne Blackman
Beryl

Kevin Stoney
C. Rivers Lane

Ann Way
Miss White

John Sharp
Mr. Bottomley

Kathy Staff
Bombazine Woman

Roger Avon
Charles

Christopher Irvin
Evelyn the Airman

Stuart Richman
Evelyn's Friend

Sandra Gough
Actress on Station

Joe Belcher
Arthur

Johnny Maxfield
Electrician

Paul Luty
Stallkeeper

Lori Wells
Barmaid

Alan Starkey
Train Guard

Ralph G. Morse
Man at Station (uncredited)
Crew (23)
Directing

Peter Yates
Director
Writing

Ronald Harwood
Theatre Play

Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Production
Sound

John Chandler
Boom Operator

Malcolm Davies
Sound

Stephen Janisz
Assistant Sound Editor

John Hayward
Sound Mixer

Peter Pennell
Sound Editor

Matthew Launay
Sound

David John
Sound Mixer

James Horner
Original Music Composer
Art
Camera

Kelvin Pike
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Alan Boyle
Makeup Artist

Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist

Joan White
Hairdresser

Alan Brownie
Assistant Makeup Artist
Crew
No data availableEditing

Ray Lovejoy
Editor