The Dresser
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
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.
- 6.7
- 1983
- Released
- 1h 58m
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
BentonAnne Blackman
Beryl
Kevin Stoney
C. Rivers LaneAnn Way
Miss WhiteJohn Sharp
Mr. Bottomley
Kathy Staff
Bombazine Woman
Roger Avon
CharlesChristopher Irvin
Evelyn the AirmanStuart Richman
Evelyn's FriendSandra Gough
Actress on StationJoe Belcher
ArthurJohnny Maxfield
ElectricianPaul Luty
StallkeeperLori Wells
BarmaidAlan Starkey
Train GuardRalph G. Morse
Man at Station (uncredited)Released
en
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- #backstage
- #lgbt
- #post world war ii
- #make up
- #drunkenness
Reviews
Just watched the Dresser tonight. This movie was nominated for best picture of 1983, best director, best actor (Albert Finney & Tom Courtenay) and best Screenplay from another medium. Courtenay won a Golden Globe for best actor. So, on to the movie. I don't need to give the synopsis because you can find it easily. Did I like it? At first it was pretty dull and the main character is really