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The Dresser (1983)
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Runtime118 min
RatingPG
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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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The Dresser (1983), directed by Peter Yates, is a critically acclaimed drama that follows a backstage hand's efforts to support a brilliant but deteriorating Shakespearean actor during the London Blitz. The film's poignant backstage story has been praised for rivaling the pathos of the on-stage Lear and Fool narrative it depicts.
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The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film directed by Peter Yates and adapted by Ronald Harwood from his 1980 play The Dresser. It tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant struggling to keep his employer's life together. The film stars Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Edward Fox and Michael Gough.
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