The Dresser (1983)
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.
Director:
Peter Yates
Writer:
Ronald Harwood
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Albert Finney as Sir |
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Tom Courtenay as Norman |
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Edward Fox as Oxenby |
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Zena Walker as Her Ladyship |
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Eileen Atkins as Madge |
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Michael Gough as Frank Carrington |
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Cathryn Harrison as Irene |
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Betty Marsden as Violet Manning |
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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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Guy Manning as Benton |
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Anne Blackman as Beryl |
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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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Stuart Richman as Evelyn's Friend |
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Sandra Gough as Actress on Station |
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Joe Belcher as Arthur |
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Johnny Maxfield as Electrician |
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Paul Luty as Stallkeeper |
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Lori Wells as Barmaid |
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Alan Starkey as Train Guard |
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Ralph G. Morse as Man at Station (uncredited) |
| Directing | Peter Yates | Director |
| Sound | Matthew Launay | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Brownie | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Stephen Janisz | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Hayward | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan White | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Ritchie | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Peter Pennell | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Chandler | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Malcolm Davies | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Boyle | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ronald Harwood | Screenplay |
| Art | Colin Grimes | Art Direction |
| Camera | Kelvin Pike | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ray Lovejoy | Editor |
| Production | Nigel Wooll | Associate Producer |
| Production | Peter Yates | Producer |
| Production | Ronald Harwood | Producer |
| Art | Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Art | Josie MacAvin | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Ronald Harwood | Theatre Play |
| Sound | David John | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
