The Dresser

Year: 1983

Runtime: 118 mins

Language: English

Director: Peter Yates

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Backstage drama and comedy collide in a touring Shakespeare troupe during the London Blitz. The devoted dresser tends the brilliant yet tyrannical company head and battles to help a fading star as the ensemble struggles to stay afloat. His quiet anguish mirrors the on‑stage tragedy of Lear and the Fool, bringing the whole production to a crisis.

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