Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Albert Finney
Sir

Tom Courtenay
Norman

Edward Fox
Oxenby

Zena Walker
Her Ladyship

Eileen Atkins
Madge

Michael Gough
Frank Carrington

Peter Yates
Director

John Hayward
Sound Mixer

Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist

Peter Pennell
Sound Editor

Alan Brownie
Assistant Makeup Artist

Malcolm Davies
Sound

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