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  1. The Dresser
    PG1983 · Comedy drama · 1h 58m

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  1. 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 .

  2. It stars Ian McKellen, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Watson, Vanessa Kirby, Sarah Lancashire and Edward Fox. The story examines the relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his theatrical dresser, as well as the other members of his theatrical company, as he grapples with the approach of senility and irrelevance.

    • BBC, Playground Entertainment, Sonia Friedman Productions
  3. 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.

    • (5.6K)
    • Peter Yates
    • PG
    • Drama
  4. May 27, 2016 · A new version of the 1980 Harwood play about a Shakespearean actor and his dresser, starring Hopkins and McKellen. Ebert praises the performances of the two actors, but criticizes the film for being a filmed play without the outside scenes of the previous version.

  5. May 30, 2016 · The Dresser: Directed by Richard Eyre. With Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Emily Watson, Sarah Lancashire. A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).

    • (3.6K)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Richard Eyre
    • 2016-05-30
  6. 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...

    • (14)
    • Drama
    • TV-14
  7. Only Norman (Tom Courtenay), a timid set dresser who is unfailingly devoted to Sir, can hold the show together as it threatens to collapse. Director Peter Yates

    • (16)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • PG
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