The Dresser

The Dresser

By Peter Yates

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1983-12-06
  • Advisory Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Director: Peter Yates
  • Production Company: BBC
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • iTunes Price: USD 12.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
6.2/10
6.2
From 81 Ratings

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The lives and relationships of those within a British traditional touring stage company provide the backdrop for THE DRESSER, a compelling study of the intense relationship between the leader of the company and his dresser. Sir (Albert Finney), a grandiloquent old man of the theater, has given his soul to his career, but his tyrannical rule over the company is now beginning to crack under the strain of age and illness and he prepares for his two hundred twenty-seventh performance of King Lear.

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  • For the Love of Acting

    5
    By Shakspear
    Oh man - what a joy. Albert Finney (one of the greatest actors) and Tom Courtenay (excellent) holding their own together in scene after scene exploring the human condition. Not to mention the wonderful conceit of having the relationship mirror that of Lear and his Fool. Brilliant.

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