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The Dresser (2015)

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Film details

Featuring

Anthony Hopkins Emily Watson Ian McKellen
Country

United Kingdom
Year

2015
Genre

Drama
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

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 works to carry on during the London blitz during World War Two. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in Shakespeare's story of Lear and the Fool from his play King Lear, which is being presented on stage, as the situation comes to a crisis. ©BBC publicity

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sir
    
    Anthony Hopkins
  - Hey Ladyship
    
    Emily Watson
  - Norman
    
    Ian McKellen
  - Madge
    
    Sarah Lancashire
  - Irene
    
    Vanessa Kirby
  - Thornton
    
    Edward Fox
  - Oxenby / Edmund
    
    Tom Brooke
  - Gloucester
    
    John Ashton
  - Kent
    
    Ian Conningham
  - Goneril
    
    Annalisa Rossi
  - Regan
    
    Helen Bradbury
  - Cornwall
    
    Carl Sanderson
  - Albany
    
    Matthew Cottle
  - Gentleman
    
    Martin Chamberlain
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Richard Eyre
  - Production Company
    
    Playground Entertainment
  - Production Company
    
    Sonia Friedman Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Colin Callender
  - Executive Producer
    
    Sonia Friedman
  - Producer
    
    Suzan Harrison
  - Written by
    
    Ronald Harwood
  - Hair and Make-up Artist
    
    Hannah Poppy Edwards

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