Drama
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.
Directed by
Peter Yates
Edward Fox
Oxenby
Albert Finney
Sir
Michael Gough
Frank Carrington
Zena Walker
Her Ladyship
Eileen Atkins
Madge
Tom Courtenay
Norman
Cathryn Harrison
Irene
Sheila Reid
Lydia Gibson
John Sharp
Mr. Bottomley
Kathy Staff
Bombazine Woman
Kevin Stoney
C. Rivers Lane
Llewellyn Rees
Horace Brown
Betty Marsden
Violet Manning
Donald Eccles
Mr. Godstone
Roger Avon
Charles
Lockwood West
Geoffrey Thornton
Lori Wells
Barmaid
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)

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