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The Dresser

The Dresser

1983, Movie, 1h 58min

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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Courtenay still excels in the title role he created on stage...

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The Dresser was released in theaters on December 6, 1983.