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
Eileen Atkins
Madge
Albert Finney
Sir
Cathryn Harrison
Irene
Michael Gough
Frank Carrington
Tom Courtenay
Norman
Sheila Reid
Lydia Gibson
Betty Marsden
Violet Manning
Kevin Stoney
C. Rivers Lane
Kathy Staff
Bombazine Woman
Zena Walker
Her Ladyship
Roger Avon
Charles
Llewellyn Rees
Horace Brown
Donald Eccles
Mr. Godstone
Lockwood West
Geoffrey Thornton
Guy Manning
Benton
Anne Blackman
Beryl
Ann Way
Miss White
John Sharp
Mr. Bottomley
Christopher Irvin
Evelyn the Airman
Stuart Richman
Evelyn's Friend
Sandra Gough
Actress on Station
Joe Belcher
Arthur
Johnny Maxfield
Electrician
Paul Luty
Stallkeeper
Lori Wells
Barmaid
Alan Starkey
Train Guard
Ralph G. Morse
Man at Station (uncredited)

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