The Dresser (TV)
2015·United Kingdom·104 min.
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In a touring Shakespearean theatre company, backstage hand Norman is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company, Sir. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company works to carry on during the London blitz during World War Two. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in Shakespeare's story of Lear and the Fool from his play King Lear, which is being presented on stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
DirectorRichard Eyre
ScreenwriterRonald Harwood
MusicStephen Warbeck
CinematographyBen Smithard
CastAnthony Hopkins·Ian McKellen·Emily Watson·Sarah Lancashire·Vanessa Kirby·Edward Fox·Tom Brooke·Ian Conningham
Original titleThe Dresser (TV)