The Dresser
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
118 mins
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 pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
Guy Manning
Benton
Anne Blackman
Beryl
Ann Way
Miss White
Christopher Irvin
Evelyn the Airman
Stuart Richman
Evelyn's Friend
Sandra Gough
Actress on Station
Joe Belcher
Arthur
Johnny Maxfield
Electrician
Paul Luty
Stallkeeper
Alan Starkey
Train Guard
Ralph G. Morse
Man at Station (uncredited)
John Hayward
Sound Mixer
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Peter Pennell
Sound Editor
Alan Brownie
Assistant Makeup Artist
Malcolm Davies
Sound
John Chandler
Boom Operator
Matthew Launay
Sound
Joan White
Hairdresser
Stephen Janisz
Assistant Sound Editor
Nigel Wooll
Associate Producer
Stephen B. Grimes
Production Design
Kelvin Pike
Director of Photography
Ray Lovejoy
Editor
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Colin Grimes
Art Direction
Alan Boyle
Makeup Artist
David John
Sound Mixer
