The Dresser
(1983)

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

Released: 1983-12-06

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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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Zena Walker

as Her Ladyship

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Michael Gough

as Frank Carrington

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Sheila Reid

as Lydia Gibson

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Lockwood West

as Geoffrey Thornton

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Donald Eccles

as Mr. Godstone

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Llewellyn Rees

as Horace Brown

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Kevin Stoney

as C. Rivers Lane

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Ann Way

as Miss White

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John Sharp

as Mr. Bottomley

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Kathy Staff

as Bombazine Woman

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Roger Avon

as Charles

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Christopher Irvin

as Evelyn the Airman

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Nigel Wooll

Associate Producer

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Kelvin Pike

Director of Photography

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Alan Boyle

Makeup Artist

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Josie MacAvin

Set Decoration

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David John

Sound Mixer

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James Horner

Original Music Composer

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Alan Brownie

Assistant Makeup Artist

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Joan White

Hairdresser

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John Chandler

Boom Operator

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John Hayward

Sound Mixer

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Stephen Janisz

Assistant Sound Editor

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