A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 6, 1983
Original Title:
The Dresser
Alternate Titles:
Ein ungleiches Paar - The Dresser
El vestidor
O Fiel Camareiro
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 18+ HU: 18 JP: G NL: AL US: PG
Runtime: 118
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.
Art Direction:
Colin Grimes
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Alan Brownie
Assistant Sound Editor:
Stephen Janisz
Associate Producer:
Nigel Wooll
Boom Operator:
John Chandler
Director:
Peter Yates
Director of Photography:
Kelvin Pike
Editor:
Ray Lovejoy
Hairdresser:
Joan White
Hairstylist:
Barbara Ritchie
Makeup Artist:
Alan Boyle
Original Music Composer:
James Horner
Producer:
Peter Yates
Ronald Harwood
Production Design:
Stephen B. Grimes
Screenplay:
Ronald Harwood
Set Decoration:
Josie MacAvin
Sound:
Matthew Launay
Malcolm Davies
Sound Editor:
Peter Pennell
Sound Mixer:
David John
John Hayward
Theatre Play:
Ronald Harwood
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