The Dresser
1983In 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.
Acted in
Albert Finney
as Sir
Tom Courtenay
as Norman
Edward Fox
as Oxenby
Zena Walker
as Her Ladyship
Eileen Atkins
as Madge
Michael Gough
as Frank Carrington
Cathryn Harrison
as Irene
Betty Marsden
as Violet Manning
Sheila Reid
as Lydia Gibson
Lockwood West
as Geoffrey Thornton
Donald Eccles
as Mr. Godstone
Llewellyn Rees
as Horace Brown
Guy Manning
as Benton
Anne Blackman
as Beryl
Kevin Stoney
as C. Rivers Lane
Ann Way
as Miss White
John Sharp
as Mr. Bottomley
Kathy Staff
as Bombazine Woman
Roger Avon
as Charles
Christopher Irvin
as Evelyn the Airman
Stuart Richman
as Evelyn's Friend
Sandra Gough
as Actress on Station
Joe Belcher
as Arthur
Johnny Maxfield
as Electrician
Paul Luty
as Stallkeeper
Lori Wells
as Barmaid
Alan Starkey
as Train Guard
Ralph G. Morse
as Man at Station (uncredited)