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The Dresser

Movie (1983)

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 cris ...

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Released:	Jan 1st, 1983
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The Dresser Main Cast

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Albert Finney
plays Sir

Tom Courtenay
plays Norman

Edward Fox
plays Oxenby

Zena Walker
plays Her Ladyship

Eileen Atkins
plays Madge

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Tom Courtenay was nominated for the 1982 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Dresser" as Norman and repeated the role in the film version.
Ronald Harwood based his play and subsequent screenplay on his experiences as the dresser for the noted Shakespearean actor Donald Wolfit.
The original Broadway production of "The Dresser" by Ronald Harwood opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York on November 6, 1981, ran for 200 performances and was nominated for the 1982 Tony Award for the Best Play. Ronald Harwood also wrote the screenplay for the filmed production.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): After Sir and Norman leave the marketplace, they're passed by a Routemaster bus. These buses were first used in London in 1954, and weren't used outside London until the 1970's.

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