The dresser

Resource Information

The work The dresser represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The dresser

Statement of responsibility

Starz Originals presents ; Playground and Sonia Friedman Productions for BBC and Starz ; in association with Altus Productions and Prescience ; produced by Suzan Harrison ; adapted and directed by Richard Eyre

Title variation

Ronald Harwood's The dresser

Contributor

• Lancashire, Sarah, 1964-
• McKellen, Ian
• Watson, Emily, 1967-
• Eyre, Richard, 1943-
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Playground Entertainment (Firm)
• Altus Productions
• Prescience (Firm)
• Sonia Friedman Productions
• Starz Media
• Starz Originals (Firm)
• Brooke, Tom, 1978-
• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
• Fox, Edward, 1937-
• Harrison, Suzan
• Harwood, Ronald, 1934-2020
• Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
• Kirby, Vanessa

Actor

• McKellen, Ian
• Lancashire, Sarah, 1964-
• Kirby, Vanessa
• Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
• Fox, Edward, 1937-
• Brooke, Tom, 1978-
• Watson, Emily, 1967-

Adapter

• Eyre, Richard, 1943-

Presenter

• Starz Originals (Firm)

Production company

• Starz Originals (Firm)
• Sonia Friedman Productions
• Altus Productions
• Prescience (Firm)
• Playground Entertainment (Firm)
• British Broadcasting Corporation

Publisher

• Starz Media
• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc

Television director

• Eyre, Richard, 1943-

Television producer

• Harrison, Suzan

Subject

• Friendship -- England | London -- Drama
• Friendships
• Harwood, Ronald, 1934-
• Harwood, Ronald, 1934-2020 -- Television adaptations
• Historical television programs
• Historical television programs
• History
• London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945 -- Drama
• Made-for-TV movies
• Made-for-TV movies
• Television adaptations
• Television adaptations
• Theatrical companies
• Theatrical companies -- England | London -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- England | London -- Drama
• World War (1939-1945)
• Actors
• Actors -- England | London -- Drama
• Bombardment of London (England : 1940-1945)
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Dramatic films
• England -- London
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction television programs
• Fiction television programs
• Friendship

Genre

• Fiction television programs
• Made-for-TV movies
• Feature films
• Comedy films
• Historical television programs
• Television adaptations
• Drama
• History
• Dramatic films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager "Sir" who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser "Norman" must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to perform that night?

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Ben Smithard; editor, Lesley Walker; music, Stephen Warbeck

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: TV-14

Language note

English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.D74 2016

PerformerNote

Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Sarah Lancashire, Emily Watson, Vanessa Kirby, Edward Fox, Tom Brooke

Runtime

109

Technique

live action