The Dresser
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
1983 1 hour 58 minutesWhat happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
1983 1 hour 58 minutes
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.
6th December 1983
42 years ago
1 hour 58 minutes
Finishes at 3:30pm
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 5 wins & 17 nominations total
7.4/10
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