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   The Dresser

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   PG1983 · Comedy drama · 1h 58m

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2. Cast

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     Albert Finney

     Sir
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     Tom Courtenay

     Norman
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     Edward Fox

     Oxenby
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     Zena Walker

     Her Ladyship
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     Eileen Atkins

     Madge
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     Michael Gough

     Frank Carrington

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Dresser_(1983_film)The Dresser (1983 film) - Wikipedia

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   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. The film stars Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, and Edward Fox.

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0085461The Dresser (1983) - IMDb

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   Dec 6, 1983 · 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.

   • 7.5/10 (5.7K)
   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: Peter Yates
   • Release Date: 1983-12-06

5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-dresser-1983The Dresser movie review & film summary (1983) | Roger Ebert

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   Roger Ebert January 01, 1983. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Much of mankind is divided into two categories, the enablers and the enabled. Both groups accept the same mythology, in which the enablers are self-sacrificing martyrs and the enabled are egomaniacs.

6. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 42122The Dresser (1983) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   Overview. 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.

7. www.nytimes.com › 1983/12/06 › moviesMOVIE: RONALD HARWOOD'S 'DRESSER' - The New York Times

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   Dec 6, 1983 · The film that contains Sir and Norman is ''The Dresser,'' Ronald Harwood's screen adaptation of his 1981 Broadway play, which has been directed with immense affection for actors and acting by...

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   Who starred in the dresser?

   • 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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   Is the dresser based on a true story?

   • The Dresser is a 1980 West End and Broadway play by Ronald Harwood, which tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charge's life together. Harwood based the play on his experiences as dresser to English Shakespearean actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, who is the model for the character "Sir" in the play.

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   What is 'the dresser' about?

   • He was asked what the play was about, and he answered, "It's about this gravedigger." "The Dresser" is about a guy like that, named Norman. He has devoted the best years of his life to the service of an egomaniacal actor, who is called Sir even though there is some doubt he has ever been knighted.

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   Who is a dresser in a touring Shakespearean theater group?

   • In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand, the dresser, Norman (Sir Tom Courtenay), is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support deteriorating star Sir (Albert Finney) as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz.

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