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The Dresser (1983)
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An effeminate personal assistant of a deteriorating veteran actor struggles to get him through a difficult performance of King Lear. Director:Peter Yates |
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Cast
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| Tom Courtenay | ... | ||
| Edward Fox | ... |
Oxenby
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Zena Walker | ... |
Her Ladyship
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| Eileen Atkins | ... |
Madge
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| Michael Gough | ... |
Frank Carrington
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Cathryn Harrison | ... |
Irene
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Betty Marsden | ... |
Violet Manning
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Sheila Reid | ... |
Lydia Gibson
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Lockwood West | ... |
Geoffrey Thornton
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Donald Eccles | ... |
Mr. Godstone
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Llewellyn Rees | ... |
Horace Brown
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Guy Manning | ... |
Benton
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Anne Blackman | ... |
Beryl
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Kevin Stoney | ... |
C. Rivers Lane
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Storyline
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. Written by xenophil
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What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.Genres:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
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El vestidor See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$43,132 (USA) (11 December 1983) (3 Screens)Gross:
$5,310,748 (USA) (8 April 1984)Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Goldcrest Films International, World Film Services See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Norman: [angrily] Yes
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Trivia
Ronald Harwood based his play and subsequent screenplay on his experiences as the dresser for the noted Shakespearean actor Donald Wolfit. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: After Sir and Norman leave the marketplace, they're passed by a Routemaster bus. These buses were first used in London in 1954, and weren't used outside London until the 1970's. See more »Quotes
Oxenby: [after calling for Sir several times to appear on stage] Is he coming or he isn't?Norman: [angrily] Yes
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