# The Dresser (2015)

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**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Drama, TV Movie
**Directed by**: Richard Eyre
**Written by**: Ronald Harwood
**Starring**: Ian McKellen, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Watson, Vanessa Kirby, Sarah Lancashire, Edward Fox

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Shakespeare in the Blitz meets Noises Off. An actor-manager vanishes hours before curtain on a WWII tour of King Lear the dresser Norman must cover for him or cancel the show. Sir’s self-regard collapses against Norman’s quiet devotion and a half-mad audience in a blacked-out stalls.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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