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The Dresser: Directed by Peter Yates. With Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker. Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
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- Peter Yates
- 1983-12-06
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film directed by Peter Yates and adapted by Ronald Harwood from his 1980 play The Dresser. It tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant struggling to keep his employer's life together.
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 Dresser is a 2015 British television drama film directed by Richard Eyre and based on the 1980 play by Ronald Harwood. It stars Ian McKellen , Anthony Hopkins , Emily Watson , Vanessa Kirby , Sarah Lancashire and Edward Fox .
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May 27, 2016 · The roles of Sir and Norman are parts created specifically for actors who can bluster and roar with the best of them as well as handle the smaller and more nuanced moments as well and Hopkins and McKellen are both more than up to the task.
