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The Dresser
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 4m
The Dresser
by Ronald Harwood
Sir, the last of the great, but dying, breed of English actor-managers, is in a very bad way tonight. As his dresser tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear, Sir is having great difficulty remembering who and where he is, let alone…
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Cast Size
3w, 4m -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
Sir, the last of the great, but dying, breed of English actor-managers, is in a very bad way tonight. As his dresser tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear, Sir is having great difficulty remembering who and where he is, let alone Lear's lines. With a Herculean effort on the part of Norman, the dresser, Sir does finally make it on stage, and through the performance. During its long West End run the play starred Tom Courtenay and Freddie Jones.
Keywords
- Time Period 1940s/WWII
- Features Period Costumes
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Performance rights for this show are currently heavily restricted in the UK and Ireland. Please submit a licence request to determine availability
Authors
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Harwood’s many plays include The Dresser, Taking Sides, Quartet, Mahler’s Conversion, An English Tragedy, Collaboration and Degenerate Art which premiered in Berlin in October 2015.
His films include The Dresser (Academy Award Nomination for Best Screenplay), Taking ...
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