An effeminate personal assistant of a deteriorating veteran actor struggles to get him through a difficult performance of King Lear.
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Cast
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| Albert Finney | ... | Sir | |
| Tom Courtenay | ... | Norman | |
| Edward Fox | ... | Oxenby | |
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Zena Walker | ... | Her Ladyship |
| Eileen Atkins | ... | Madge | |
| Michael Gough | ... | Frank Carrington | |
| 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 |
| 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 (as Anne Mannion) |
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Kevin Stoney | ... | C. Rivers Lane |
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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. Written by xenophil
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 December 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$43,132, 11 December 1983, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$5,310,748Company Credits
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Columbia Pictures Corporation,Goldcrest Films International,World Film Services See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Music attributed to Henry Carey
Played by the theatre orchestra and sung by the theatre audience
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The name of the repertory theater troupe was "The Coronet Players". See more »Goofs
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
Sir: The critics? No, I have nothing but compassion for them. How can I hate the crippled, the mentally deficient, and the dead?See more »
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God Save the KingMusic attributed to Henry Carey
Played by the theatre orchestra and sung by the theatre audience
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What more can you ask for? A great screenplay based on one of the finest plays of the latter half of the 20th century, two fine emotional performances by Courtney and Finney, a realistic vision of war time london, a great supporting cast. This film takes you on an emotional rollercoaster through humour, sadness, loss and fulfillment. if you are in the theatre it is even more effective. This is a true 10 on the rating scale !